Staploe

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Staploe
Location within Bedfordshire
Population331 (2011 Census including Begwary & Honeydon) [1]
OS grid reference TL140685
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Ceremonial county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town ST NEOTS
Postcode district PE19
Dialling code 01480
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52°13′N0°20′W / 52.22°N 0.33°W / 52.22; -0.33 Coordinates: 52°13′N0°20′W / 52.22°N 0.33°W / 52.22; -0.33

Staploe is a village and civil parish located in the Borough of Bedford in Bedfordshire, England.

Staploe was originally a hamlet of Eaton Socon. Under the Local Government Act 1958, Eaton Socon was merged with the neighbouring town of St Neots in Cambridgeshire. Staploe was therefore created as a civil parish in 1965.

The parish of Staploe includes other former parts of Eaton Socon - Duloe, Honeydon, and Upper Staploe. Bushmead Priory and the hamlet of Bushmead are also in the parish.

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">St Neots</span> Human settlement in England

St Neots is a town in the Huntingdonshire District in Cambridgeshire, England. It lies about 50 miles (80 km) north of London and about 18 miles (29 km) west of Cambridge. The districts of Eynesbury, Eaton Ford and Eaton Socon were formerly independent but nowadays are considered merged into St Neots.

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History of St Neots

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Upend is a hamlet in the east of Cambridgeshire. It is five miles (8.0 km) south-east of Newmarket and lies in the same parish as Kirtling. Until the 15th century Upend was called Upheme which is old English for "the up-dwelling". Upend may once have been a separate village but it had been absorbed into Kirtling at some time before 1066.

Swineshead, Bedfordshire Human settlement in England

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Wyboston Human settlement in England

Wyboston is a village in the English county of Bedfordshire,adjacent to the town of St Neots, on the Cambridgeshire border. The eastern part of the village is dominated by the A1 Great North Road. Approaching the Black Cat Roundabout from the Bedford direction, the parish boundary is in the centre of the A421 road. The northern junction of these roads is grade-separated. The Black Cat Roundabout is therefore partly within Wyboston parish.

Eaton Socon was a rural district in Bedfordshire, England from 1894 to 1934.

Draycott is a village in the Erewash district of Derbyshire, England. It lies around 6 miles east of Derby and 3 miles south-west of Long Eaton. Draycott is part of the civil parish of Draycott and Church Wilne. The population of this civil parish was 3,090 as taken at the 2011 Census. The meandering course of the River Derwent forms the southwestern boundary of the parish.

Gosford and Water Eaton is a civil parish in the Cherwell district of the county of Oxfordshire, England. It is north of the city of Oxford and is crossed nearby by two major roads for, or by-passing, the city. The parish contains the village of Gosford and the hamlet of Water Eaton and as at the 2011 census had 1373 people resident across its 8.75 km².

Eaton Socon Castle

Eaton Socon Castle was a Norman fortification. It was constructed next to the River Great Ouse in what is now Eaton Socon, Cambridgeshire, England.

Duloe, Bedfordshire Human settlement in England

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Wyboston, Chawston and Colesden is a civil parish located in the Borough of Bedford in Bedfordshire, in England.

Colesden Human settlement in England

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Honeydon Human settlement in England

Honeydon is a hamlet located in the Borough of Bedford in Bedfordshire, England.

Upper Staploe Human settlement in England

Upper Staploe is a hamlet located in the Borough of Bedford in the county of Bedfordshire, England. The settlement is close to Honeydon and Staploe, and forms part of the Staploe civil parish. Upper Staploe lies close to the county border with the Huntingdonshire district of Cambridgeshire.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Thurleigh</span> Human settlement in England

Thurleigh is a village and civil parish in north Bedfordshire, England.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Duloe Brook</span> River in Bedfordshire, England

Duloe Brook is a minor, roughly 9 km (5.59 mi) long river in Bedfordshire that is a tributary to the River Great Ouse. The brook rises in the hamlet of Keysoe Row and flows southwards then eastwards towards the village of Staploe and hamlet of Duloe, before flowing into the River Great Ouse at the village of Eaton Ford in St Neots. Its last half kilometre or so denotes the boundary between Eaton Ford and Eaton Socon.

Eaton Socon Football Club is a football club based in St Neots, England. They are currently members of the Spartan South Midlands League Division One and play at River Road, St Neots.

References

  1. "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 5 November 2016.

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