East Appleton

{{Short description|Hamlet in North Yorkshire, England}}

{{Use British English|date=January 2020}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}

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| official_name = East Appleton

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| unitary_england = North Yorkshire

| lieutenancy_england = North Yorkshire

| region = Yorkshire and the Humber

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East Appleton is a hamlet in North Yorkshire, England. The poet Richard Braithwaite lived there on his estate, and was buried in the parish church.Julie Sanders, ‘Brathwaite, Richard (1587/8–1673)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, October 2009 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/3290, accessed 30 April 2011] Roger Strickland later inherited the estate from Braithwaite's widow.J. D. Davies, ‘Strickland, Sir Roger (bap. 1640, d. 1717)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, January 2008 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/26666, accessed 30 April 2011]