Staplers, Isle Of Wight
It was previously part of Arreton Manor and a grange of Quarr Abbey. Maps from the nineteenth century show the hamlets of Staplers, North Staplers and Little Staplers, as well as the geographic features Staplers Hill, Staplers Heath and Staplers Copse, as well as Staplers Turnpike and Staplers Farm.
It houses the Crown Offices which discharge the principal functions of the national government on the Isle of Wight such as the Department for Work and Pensions. There is a pub called "The Princess Royal".
Transport is provided by Southern Vectis bus routes 8 and 9.
Staplers also has a large housing estate consisting of mainly bungalows and three-bedroom houses, situated on Cynthia Grove, Fairmount Drive, Mayfield Drive, Bellecroft Drive, Oak Road, Greenfields Road, Cooper Road, Cook Avenue and Atkinson Drive. 'Polars' nursing home is situated in Staplers Road.
References
- ^ William Page, ed. (1912). "Parishes: Arreton.". A History of the County of Hampshire. Vol. 5. London: Victoria County History. pp. 139–151.
- ^ "Hampshire & Isle of Wight XCV", OS Six Inch, Ordnance Survey, 1866
50°42′02″N 1°16′33″W / 50.70056°N 1.27583°W
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