LAPLEY, a parish in the western division of the
hundred- of CUTTLESTONE, county of STAFFORD, 3
miles (W. by S.) from Penkridge, containing, with the
township of Wheaton-Aston, 916 inhabitants. The
living is a discharged vicarage, in the archdeaconry of
Stafford, and diocese of Lichfield and Coventry, rated
in the king's books at £5. 12. 3. John Swinfen, Esq.
was patron in 1800. The church is dedicated to All
Saints. In 1669, Joan Scutt gave £10 per annum for
the instruction of poor children. Here was anciently
a priory of Black monks, subordinate to the abbey of
St. Remigius at Rheims.