STAPLEFORD (TAWNEY), a parish in the himdred of ONGAR, county of ESSEX, 3 miles (S. E. by E.) from Eppjng, containing 283 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, with that of Mount-Thoydon united, in the archdeaconry of Essex, and diocese of London, rated in the king's books at £15. 8. 9., and in the patronage or Sir Thomas Smyth, Bart. The church is dedicated to St. Mary.