Stapleford, Wiltshire

Stapleford is a village and civil parish about 4 miles (6.4 km) north of Wilton, Wiltshire, England.

The Domesday survey of 1086 recorded an estate held by Swein at Stapleford, with 28 households.

[6] Restoration in 1861 by William Slater included partial rebuilding of the nave; stained glass by Clayton and Bell was installed in the tower in 1862.

[8] Pevsner writes: "The Norman contributions make the church memorable, especially the tremendous round piers of the south arcade.

[14] The Monarch's Way long-distance footpath crosses Chain Hill, east of the village.

Harold Ridley (1906–2001), eye surgeon and inventor of the plastic lens to treat cataracts, lived in the village later in life.

St Mary's Church