East Appleton Explained

Country:England
Static Image:Approaching East Appleton.jpg
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Coordinates:54.3576°N -1.6393°W
Official Name:East Appleton
Unitary England:North Yorkshire
Lieutenancy England:North Yorkshire
Region:Yorkshire and the Humber
Os Grid Reference:SE235958

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.[1] Roger Strickland later inherited the estate from Braithwaite's widow.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Julie Sanders, ‘Brathwaite, Richard (1587/8–1673)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, October 2009 accessed 30 April 2011
  2. J. D. Davies, ‘Strickland, Sir Roger (bap. 1640, d. 1717)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, January 2008 accessed 30 April 2011