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Appleton Wiske
Appleton Wiske in England North East, United Kingdom.
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- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
About
Appleton Wiske is a place of interest in England North East, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
Appleton Wiske is a small village and civil parish that sits between Northallerton and Yarm in the Vale of York, a flat tract of land that runs between the North Yorkshire Moors to the east, the Yorkshire Dales to the west and the River Tees to the north. The village, which was known as Apletona in the Domesday Book, eventually took the name of the nearby River Wiske to distinguish itself from other Appletons in the area, such as Appleton-le-Moors.
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Background
History
Appleton Wiske was one of the 41 ancient parishes of the Wapentake of Langbaurgh in the Cleveland division of the North Riding of Yorkshire. It was also a part of the sessional division of Yarm. From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the Hambleton District, it is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council. The parish was gifted by William the Conqueror to Robert de Brus of Skelton, an ancestor of Robert the Bruce, the famous Scottish king. De Brus's son gave it to St. Mary's Abbey, York, along with Hornby and other lands. It remained in the possession of the St. Mary's until the dissolution of monasteries, when it was granted by Henry VIII to Charles Brandon, who later became the…
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- Coordinates
- 54.4365, -1.3978
Sources
- wikidata: Q2858761 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Appleton Wiske (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Appleton Wiske?
- Appleton Wiske is in North East England, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 54.4365°, -1.3978°.