Appletreewick

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The village is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086, and its name is derived from the Old English of æppel-trēow wīc, which means the Apple-tree specialised farm (or hamlet).{{cite web|last1=Powell-Smith|first1=Anna|title=Appletreewick {{!}} Domesday Book|url=http://opendomesday.org/place/SE0560/appletreewick/|website=opendomesday.org|accessdate=29 November 2017}}{{cite book|last1=Ekwall|first1=Eilert|title=The concise Oxford dictionary of English place-names|date=1960|publisher=Clarendon Press|location=Oxford|isbn=0-19-869103-3|page=11|edition=4}}{{cite book|last1=Mills|first1=A. D.|title=A dictionary of British place-names|date=2011|publisher=Oxford University Press|location=Oxford|isbn=9780199609086|page=15}} The old dialectal pronunciation of the village name is a shortened 'Ap-trick', which is sometimes still heard being used by the locals.{{cite web|title=Appletreewick - Yorkshire Dales|url=https://www.yorkshiredales.co.uk/villages/appletreewick/|website=yorkshiredales.co.uk|accessdate=29 November 2017}}{{sfn|Speight|1900|p=374}}

The village prospered from the year 1300 when Bolton Priory acquired its manor with its extensive sheep ranges and valuable lead mines. Charters for markets and a fair were granted and the latter remained important until the impact of the railways in the mid-19th century.{{sfn|Speight|1900|p=369}}Yorkshire Dales, p. 32. Automobile Association/Ordnance Survey {{ISBN|0-86145-233-X}} The Ap-trick Onion Fair celebrated all manner of things, but given its name, it was chiefly remembered for being an avenue to sell lots of onions that were brought into the village especially for the fair.{{sfn|Speight|1900|p=368}} Records show that fight broke out between the Lord Clifford's of Skipton Castle and the Nortons of Rylstone Manor. This reinforces the belief that Appletreewick was more important than Burnsall at that time, as both noble families were in attendance.

Stone houses line the steep, main street between High Hall at the top and Low Hall at the bottom. The Tudor-style grade II* listed High Hall{{National Heritage List for England|num=1131792|desc=High Hall|grade=II*|accessdate=29 November 2017}} was restored by Sir William Craven (known as Appletreewick's own "Dick Whittington") who became Sheriff and Lord Mayor of London at the beginning of the 17th century.{{sfn|Speight|1900|p=370}} Craven was born in a cottage almost opposite High Hall, one of a pair converted into St John the Baptist's Church.{{cite book|last1=Buckley|first1=Norman|title=Yorkshire Dales walking : on the level|date=1995|publisher=Sigma Leisure|location=Wilmslow|isbn=1-85058-439-7|page=8}} Lower down is Monks Hall, largely rebuilt in 1697 on the site of Bolton Priory's grange. The pub, the Craven Arms, was also owned by William and has much of the village history on display including a fully heather-thatched cruck barn to look round. The cruck barn was the first one to be built in Upper Wharfedale in over 300 years and used original materials such as lime and horsehair to line the walls and sheep's wool for insulation.{{cite news|last1=Jowsey|first1=Ed|title=The Craven Arms, Yorkshire Dales, pub review|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddrink/pubs/11333577/The-Craven-Arms-Yorkshire-Dales-pub-review.html|accessdate=29 November 2017|work=The Telegraph|date=2015}}{{cite news|last1=Jenkins|first1=Simon|title=Pub review: The Craven Arms, Appletreewick|url=https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/lifestyle/bars/pub-review-the-craven-arms-appletreewick-1-5083582|accessdate=29 November 2017|work=Yorkshire Evening Post|date=1 November 2012}}

A 2009 study of rural driving within England led to Appletreewick attaining the title of 'Britain's Friendliest Town to Drive Through'. The study was based upon data collected around Britain, monitoring levels of road rage, driver communication, average speeds and hand wave acknowledgments of friendly driving.{{cite book|last1=Chrystal|first1=Paul|title=The Place Names of Yorkshire; Cities, Towns, Villages, Hills, Rivers and Dales - Some Pubs too, in Praise of Yorkshire Ales|date=2017|publisher=Stenlake Pub.|location=Catrine|isbn=9781840337532|page=12}}

• Listed buildings in Appletreewick

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• {{cite book|last=Speight|first=Harry|title=Upper Wharfedale; being a complete account of the history, antiquities and scenery of the picturesque valley of the Wharfe, from Otley to Langstrothdale|url=https://archive.org/details/upperwharfedale01speigoog|year=1900|publisher=Elliott Stock|location=London|oclc=7225949}}

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• {{Genuki|county=WRY|Burnsall||Appletreewick}}
• {{OpenDomesday|SE0560|appletreewick|Appletreewick}}
• [http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/place_page.jsp?p_id=11192&st=appletreewick History of Appletreewick, in Craven and West Riding] at Vision of Britain.
• [https://www.yorkshiredales.org.uk/places/appletreewick/ Villages in the Yorkshire Dales - Appletreewick]

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Category:Villages in North Yorkshire

Category:Civil parishes in North Yorkshire

Category:Wharfedale

Category:Craven District