East Appleton

East Appleton

Approaching East Appleton
East Appleton
East Appleton shown within North Yorkshire
OS grid reference SE235958
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Police North Yorkshire
Fire North Yorkshire
Ambulance Yorkshire
EU Parliament Yorkshire and the Humber

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]

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

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