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Stapleton is a village and
civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government. Civil parishes can trace their origin to the ancient system of parishes, w ...
in
North Yorkshire North Yorkshire is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in Northern England.The Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority areas of City of York, York and North Yorkshire (district), North Yorkshire are in Yorkshire and t ...
, England. In 2001 the parish had a population of 59. The population taken at the 2011 Census was less than 100. Details are included in the civil parish of
Womersley Womersley is a village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. In 2001 the parish had a population of 363. The parish population at the 2011 census (including Stapleton and Walden Stubbs) was 515. It is near the towns of Selby, Askern a ...
. It is situated approximately south-east from the towns of
Pontefract Pontefract is a historic market town in the City of Wakefield, a metropolitan district in West Yorkshire, England. It lies to the east of Wakefield and south of Castleford. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, it is one of the ...
and
Knottingley Knottingley is a town in the City of Wakefield in West Yorkshire, England on the River Aire and the old A1 road before it was bypassed as the A1(M). Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, it has a population of 13,503, increasing ...
. From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the district of
Selby Selby is a market town and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, south of York on the River Ouse. At the 2021 Census, it had a population of 17,193. The town was historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire; from 1974 until 2023, ...
, it is now administered by the unitary
North Yorkshire Council North Yorkshire Council, known between 1974 and 2023 as North Yorkshire County Council, is the local authority for the non-metropolitan county of North Yorkshire, England. Since 2023 the council has been a unitary authority, being a county coun ...
. Stapleton Park was the subject of a well-known painting of the Victorian era by
John Atkinson Grimshaw John Atkinson Grimshaw (6 September 1836 – 13 October 1893) was an English Victorian-era artist best known for his nocturnal scenes of urban landscapes.Alexander Robertson, ''Atkinson Grimshaw'', London, Phaidon Press, 1996 H. J. Dyos and ...
. Stapleton is home to the Stapleton Colony of the Brotherhood Church."Brotherhood Church"
Diggers and Dreamers. Retrieved 18 December 2013


Gallery

File:The sewage works, New Lane, Stapleton. - geograph.org.uk - 275058.jpg, The sewage works, New Lane, Stapleton File:Sedimentation tank, New Road sewage works - geograph.org.uk - 4281280.jpg, Sedimentation tank, New Road sewage works, Stapleton File:Gated entrance to Castle Farm, off New Road - geograph.org.uk - 4281300.jpg, Gated entrance to Castle Farm, off New Road File:Waterlogged land between two parallel drains - geograph.org.uk - 4281317.jpg, Waterlogged land between two parallel drains, Stapleton File:The appropriately named Castle Farm - geograph.org.uk - 4281308.jpg, Castle Farm Stapleton with distinctive castle building


References

Villages in North Yorkshire Civil parishes in North Yorkshire {{NorthYorkshire-geo-stub