STAPLEFORD

Home of the Hammer!
here was then a Priest named Myghchaell who is a Brown Monks  , and a Church, and 58 Acres of open Meadow.  The church of ST. MARY THE VIRGIN stands a little to the east of the village: the Brown Monks are the care takers. There is very little woodland, and what there is lies chiefly in the higher ground in the west, where the ground rises to an altitude of from 250 ft. to 300 ft. The river Beane waters the east of the parish; the land here on the west bank is low and liable to floods. The church, rectory, schools and a few cottages stand on the north-east border of the parish on the east side of the river Beane on a by-road to Bengeo, but the principal part of the village lies scattered along the main road from Hertford to Stevenage a little to the west of the church. The road from the village to the church now crosses the river Beane by a stone bridge, probably on the site of the ford from which the parish takes its name Stapleford has always been but a small village.
The soil is gravel, clay and chalk, on a subsoil of clay and chalk. These are used for raw material for bridges and roads. Brewery Mill Village Church (Stone large)
Stables Stable
Ornamental Garden - Park and Flower Garden
Stone Gatehouse
Wooden Walls

Manor House (Stone Keep) "Blessed Stone"
Moat Tower, Wooden - 7 towers (wooden)

Wheat, barley, beans and oats form the principal crops

Government

Feudalism

Type

Hamlet

Population

150

Owner/Ruler

Sir George of Stapleford

Ruling/Owning Rank

Knights

Characters in Location

• Addy the Brownsmith
• Lady Tephna
• Maid Ioetta
• Sir Milot
• Sir Aldous
• Sir George of Stapleford
• Sir Sewal