Appleton East and West

Appleton East and West is a civil parish in the Richmondshire district of North Yorkshire, England. It contains the villages East Appleton and West Appleton, and had a population of 76 according to the 2001 census, remaining at less than 100 in the 2011 Census. From this date population details are maintained within the parish of Hornby. The settlement consists of two farms, with several water bodies in the area.

Approaching East Appleton

In the 1870s, Appleton East and West was described as

"A township in Catterick parish, N. R. Yorkshire; 5½ miles SE of Richmond. Acres, 1,583. Real property, £2,812. Pop., 115. Houses, 16"[1]

References
  1. Wilson, John (1870–1872). Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales. A. Fullarton and Co. Retrieved 4 February 2013.


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