STAPLETON, a parish in the hundred of CONDOVER,
county of SALOP, 6 miles (S. by W.) from Shrewsbury,
containing 240 inhabitants. The living is a rectory,
in the archdeaconry of Salop, and diocese of
Lichfield and Coventry, rated in the king's books at
£ 6. 7. 6., and in the patronage of Mrs. Downs. The
church is dedicated to St. John.