Stapleford is located between Waterford and Watton-at-Stone in the Beane valley; the little river was forded at this point, giving rise to the village.

[citation needed] The placename occurs as Stapelford in an Exchequer document of 1210, lending weight to Walter William Skeat's suggestion that the ford site was marked by an upright stake, in Anglo-Saxon stapel.

[6] According to the Office of National Statistics,[7] 67% of Stapleford's population are Christian.The following 26% classify themselves as nonreligious, 5% did not state their religious preference and the rest are the other religions.

The population demographic in Stapleford has seen in the past the:mortality decline in the late 19th century was mainly due to the reduction of very high infant mortality rates: the presence or absence of large number of infants dying before their first birthday had little effect on overall age structures.

[11]For transportation, the village mainly has to rely on cars or vans, however, in the past Stapleford, had a railway station for 15 years which made transportation easier, but had to close down due to accidents and incidents occurring.

Additionally there is an hourly bus service, the 390, which connects the village to Hertford, Watton-At-Stone and Stevenage.

[12] The economic activity within Stapleford of 2011 according to National Statistics shows that females[13] of working age which is 24% of them were in part-time work whilst for full-time had 28%, 9% were in self-employment, 37% were economically inactive and around 2% of the population were unemployed.

[15] This beautiful and historic church is part of the diocese of St Albans and marks special important events from baptisms to weddings.

[16] St Mary's is located on Church Lane and is open at weekends during daylight hours.