Appleton-le-Street

File:All Saints Church, Appleton le Street - geograph.org.uk - 579954.jpg

The village is mentioned in the Domesday Book as "Appletun", part of the Maneshou Hundred. At the time of the Norman Conquest it belonged to Cnut, son of Karli, but subsequently handed over to William I.{{cite web|url=http://domesdaymap.co.uk/place/SE7373/appleton-le-street/|title=Domesday Entry|accessdate=21 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130526063410/http://domesdaymap.co.uk/place/SE7373/appleton-le-street/|archive-date=26 May 2013|url-status=dead}}

The Thirsk and Malton railway line used to pass through the village.{{cite book|title=Bulmer's Topography, History and Directory (Private and Commercial) of North Yorkshire 1890 |page=643|date=2002|orig-date=1890 |publisher= S&N Publishing|isbn= 1-86150-299-0}}

The village lies within the Thirsk and Malton parliamentary constituency. It also lies within the Amotherby and Ampleforth division of North Yorkshire Council.{{Cite web |title=Spectrum Spatial Analyst |url=https://maps.northyorks.gov.uk/connect/analyst/mobile/#/main?mapcfg=General_API |access-date=2025-03-21 |website=maps.northyorks.gov.uk}} From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the district of Ryedale.

The civil parish includes the village and the small hamlet of Easthorpe, which lies just over {{convert|1|mi|km|1}} to the south. It is on the B1257 Malton to Stokesley road between Amotherby and Barton-le-Street. It is {{convert|1.7|mi|km|1}} south of the River Rye.{{cite web | url=https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/business-government/tools-support/open-data-support | title=OpenData support | OS Tools & Support }}

The soil is a mixture of Oxford clay on corallian beds. Limestone and Sandstone were quarried in the village.{{cite web|url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=64788|title=Geology|accessdate=21 October 2012}}

According to the 2001 UK Census, the population for the civil parish was 117 in 53 households. Of those households, 29 were detached dwellings and 34 were owner occupied. Of the total population, 93 were over the age of 16, of which 55 were economically active.{{cite web|url=http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadDatasetList.do?a=7&b=798070&c=appleton-le-street+with+easthorpe+cp&d=16&g=476460&i=1001x1003&m=0&r=1&s=1350851097587&enc=1&domainId=15|title=Demographics|accessdate=21 October 2012}}

The 2011 census recorded the population as 122.{{NOMIS2011|id=1170217212|title=Appleton-le-Street with Easthorpe Parish|accessdate=4 March 2018}}

File:All Saints, Appleton-le-Street, the tower.JPG

All Saints' Church, Appleton-le-Street dates from Saxon times and is a Grade I listed building.{{cite web|url=https://www.achurchnearyou.com/appleton-all-saints/|title=All Saints Church|accessdate=21 October 2012}}{{NHLE|num=1296551|desc=Church of All Saints|grade=I|accessdate=2 February 2017}} All Saints Episcopal Church in Appleton, Wisconsin, is an evocation of and homage to All Saints Anglican Church in Appleton-le-Street built in 1905 by Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge.

• Thomas Taylor (1825–1859), cricketer

• Listed buildings in Appleton-le-Street with Easthorpe

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• {{Commons category-inline|Appleton-le-Street, North Yorkshire}}
• {{OpenDomesday|SE7373|appleton-le-street|Appleton [le Street]}}
• [https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/yorks/north/vol1/pp464-471 Appleton-le-Street parish]

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Category:Villages in North Yorkshire