Stapleton, Selby
Appearance
Stapleton | |
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View by Grimshaw 1877 in what is still a rural area | |
Location within North Yorkshire | |
OS grid reference | SE513196 |
• London | 155 mi (249 km) SSE |
Civil parish |
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District | |
Shire county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | PONTEFRACT |
Postcode district | WF8 |
Dialling code | 01977 |
Police | North Yorkshire |
Fire | North Yorkshire |
Ambulance | Yorkshire |
UK Parliament | |
Stapleton is a village in the Selby district of North Yorkshire, England. The population taken at the 2011 Census was less than 100. Details are included in the civil parish of Womersley. It is situated approximately 3 miles (5 km) south-east from the towns of Pontefract and Knottingley.
Stapleton Park was the subject of a well-known painting of the Victorian era, John Atkinson Grimshaw.
Stapleton is home to the Stapleton Colony of the Brotherhood Church.[1]
Gallery
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The sewage works, New Lane, Stapleton
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Sedimentation tank, New Road sewage works, Stapleton
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Gated entrance to Castle Farm, off New Road
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Waterlogged land between two parallel drains, Stapleton
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Castle Farm Stapleton with distinctive castle building
References
- ^ "Brotherhood Church", Diggers and Dreamers. Retrieved 18 December 2013