STAPLE-next-WINGHAM, a parish in the hundred
of DOWNHAMFORD, lathe of ST-AUGUSTINE,
county of KENT, 1 mile (E, by S.) from Wingham,
containing 467 inhabitants. The living is a perpetual
curacy, annexed to the rectory of Adisham, in the archdeaconry
and diocese of Canterbury. The church is
dedicated to St. James.