East Appleton

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]

East Appleton
Approaching East Appleton
East Appleton is located in North Yorkshire
East Appleton
East Appleton
Location within North Yorkshire
OS grid referenceSE235958
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
PoliceNorth Yorkshire
FireNorth Yorkshire
AmbulanceYorkshire

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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