Appleton Le Street

The Ancient Parish of APPLETON LE STREET

[Transcribed information mainly from the early 1820s]

"APPLETON LE STREET, a parish in the wapentake of Rydale; 4 miles WNW. of Malton. The church dedicated to All Saints (see Churches for photograph), in the deanry of Rydale, is an ancient structure, the living is a vicarage, of which the Rev. James Jarvis Cleaver, is the incumbent, and the Rev. William Sutcliffe, the curate, in the patronage of Trinity College, Cambridge. Pop. 173."

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"AMOTHERBY, in the parish of Appleton le Street, and wapentake of Rydale; 1 mile E. of Appleton le Street, 2½ miles NW. of Malton. Here is a grammar school, endowed with twenty acres of land, present rent £22. per annum. Here is a Chapel of Ease (see Churches for photograph) to the parish church, of which the Rev. William Sutcliffe is curate. Pop. 249."

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"BROUGHTON, in the parish of Appleton le Street, and wapentake of Rydale; 2 miles E. of Appleton le Street, 1½ miles NW. of Malton. Population, 94."

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"EAST THORPE, 3 houses in the township and parish of Appleton le Street, wapentake of Rydale; (East Thorpe House, the residence of the E. Taylor Esq.), 1¼ miles S. of Appleton le Street, 3 miles from Malton."

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"HILDENLEY, (the seat of George Strickland, Esq.) in the parish of Appleton le Street and wapentake of Rydale; 2 miles SSE. of Appleton le Street, 8 miles WSW. of Malton, a small hamlet, the residence of George Strickland, Esq. Pop. 23."

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"NEWSHAM, of a few a farm houses in the township of Butterwick-cum-Newsam, and parish of Appleton-le-Street, wapentake of Rydale; 1¾ miles NNE. of Appleton le Street, 4 miles from Malton. Population included in Butterwick."

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"SWINTON, in the parish of Appleton le Street, and wapentake of Rydale; 1½ miles E. of Appleton le Street, 2 miles WNW. of Malton. Here is a Chapel of Ease to Appleton le Street, and a Methodist chapel, Old Connexion. Population, 334."