Stapleton (surname)

Stapleton is an English surname dating back to the times of Anglo-Saxon tribes of Britain.[1] It is a habitation name; examples of habitations are found in Cumbria, Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Leicestershire, Shropshire, Somerset, and Yorkshire, and is from the Old English word stapol meaning post and ton meaning settlement.[2]

Notable people and characters with the surname include:

Notes
  1. http://www.surnamedb.com/Surname/Stapleton
  2. Hanks, Patrick; Flavia Hodges; A. D. Mills; Adrian Room (14 Nov 2002). The Oxford Names Compantion. Oxford University Press. p. 587. ISBN 978-0198605614.
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