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| District | Hambleton |
| Shire county | North Yorkshire |
| Region | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| Constituent country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | NORTHALLERTON |
| Postcode district | DL6 |
| Dialling code | 01609 |
| Police | North Yorkshire |
| Fire | North Yorkshire |
| Ambulance | Yorkshire |
| European Parliament | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| UK Parliament | Richmond (Yorks) |
| List of places: UK • England • Yorkshire | |
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. North Yorkshire is a non-metropolitan or shire county located in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England, and a ceremonial county in The British national grid reference system is a system of geographic grid references commonly used in Great Britain, different from using Latitude and Longitude The districts of England are a level of subnational division of England used for the purposes of local government Hambleton is a local government district of North Yorkshire, England. Metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties are one of the four levels of Subdivisions of England used for the purposes of Local government outside Greater London North Yorkshire is a non-metropolitan or shire county located in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England, and a ceremonial county in The region, also known as the government office region, is currently the highest tier of local government sub-national entity of England, with only one Yorkshire and the Humber is one of the nine government office Regions of England. Constituent country is a phrase used often by official institutions in contexts in which a country makes up a part of a larger entity or grouping England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland This list of sovereign states, alphabetically arranged gives an overview of States around the world with information on the extent of their Sovereignty. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located A post town is a required part of all postal addresses in the United Kingdom, and a basic unit of the postal delivery system UK Postal codes are known as postcodes. UK postcodes are Alphanumeric. The, also known as the Darlington postcode area, is a group of postal districts around Barnard Castle, Bedale, Bishop Auckland, Catterick The UK Telephone numbering plan, also known as the National Telephone Numbering Plan, is the system used for assigning Telephone numbers in the United There are a number of law enforcement agencies in the United Kingdom. North Yorkshire Police is the Home Office police force covering the Non-metropolitan county of North Yorkshire and the Unitary authority The fire service in the United Kingdom operates under separate legislative and administrative arrangements in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service is the Statutory fire and rescue service covering the seven districts of administrative county of North The Yorkshire Ambulance Service is the NHS Ambulance service covering most of Yorkshire in England. Yorkshire and the Humber is a Constituency of the European Parliament. This is a list of the 646 constituencies currently represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, as at the 2005 general election Richmond Park (UK Parliament constituency Richmond (Yorks is a Constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom A Gazetteer of place names in the United Kingdom showing each place's County, Unitary authority or council area and its geographical coordinates List of places --> List of cities in the United Kingdom List of towns in England Lists of places This is a list of cities, Towns and Villages in the historic English county of Yorkshire. A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system. A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet, but smaller than a Town or City. A civil parish in the United Kingdom is a unit of local government. Northallerton (ɴɔːɵɑːlɜɾtʌn is a Market town in the Hambleton district of North Yorkshire, England Yarm is a small town in the borough of Stockton-on-Tees in North East England. This article is about the geographical area For the UK parliamentary constituency see Vale of York (UK Parliament constituency. The North York Moors (also known as the North Yorkshire Moors) is a national park in North Yorkshire, England. The Yorkshire Dales (also known as The Dales) is the name given to an upland area in Northern England. The Tees is a river in Northern England. It rises on the eastern slope of Cross Fell in the Pennines, and flows eastwards for about 85 miles
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. The Domesday Book (ˈduːmzdeɪ bʊk also known as Domesday, or Book of Winchester) was the record of the great survey The River Wiske is a tributary of the River Swale in North Yorkshire. The river does not actually run through the village itself, passing about half a mile to the south on its meandering journey to the larger River Swale. The River Swale is a River in Yorkshire, England and a major tributary of the River Ure, which itself becomes the River Ouse, emptying
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Surrounding area
There are four roads out of Appleton Wiske, each leading to a neighbouring village or hamlet. The road north leads to the tiny community of Picton while the road to the east - after crossing the branch railway line connecting Teesside to the East Coast Main Line - leads to West Rounton. Picton is a hamlet and Civil parish located in the north of North Yorkshire, England. Teesside is the name given to the Conurbation in the North East of England made up of the towns of Middlesbrough, Stockton-on-Tees The East Coast Main Line ( ECML) is the electrified high-speed railway link between London and Edinburgh connecting Yorkshire, North East West Rounton is a village and Civil parish in the Hambleton district of North Yorkshire, England. Heading out of the village to the west the road runs up a small hill known locally as Cheesecake, which briefly follows the course of a minor Roman road, before passing through Hornby and into Great Smeaton. Hornby is a village in the Hambleton district of North Yorkshire, England. Great Smeaton is a village in the district of Hambleton in North Yorkshire, England. The southerly road forks, passing through Welbury on the eastern branch and through Deighton and on to Northallerton on the western one.
Appleton Wiske in history
Appleton Wiske - today just a tiny parish within the Hambleton District of North Yorkshire - is actually one of the 41 ancient parishes of the Wapentake of Langbaurgh in the Cleveland division of the North Riding of Yorkshire. A parish is a Local church; it is an administrative unit typically found in episcopal or presbyterian churches Hambleton is a local government district of North Yorkshire, England. North Yorkshire is a non-metropolitan or shire county located in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England, and a ceremonial county in The borough of Redcar & Cleveland is a Unitary authority in the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, England consisting of Redcar Cleveland is an area in the north east of England. Its name means literally "cliff-land" referring to its hilly southern areas which rise to nearly. The North Riding of Yorkshire was one of the three historic subdivisions of the English county of Yorkshire, alongside the East and West It was also a part of the sessional division of Yarm. Yarm is a small town in the borough of Stockton-on-Tees in North East England.
The parish was gifted by William the Conqueror to Robert de Brus of Skelton, an ancestor of Robert the Bruce, the famous Scottish king. William I of England ( 1027 His reign which brought Norman culture to England had an enormous impact on the subsequent course of England in the Middle Ages Robert I King of Scots ( 11 July, 1274 &ndash 7 June, 1329) usually known in modern English as Robert the Bruce ( De Brus’s son gave it to St. Mary’s Abbey, York, along with Hornby and other lands. York ( is an historic Walled city sited at the confluence of the rivers Ouse and Foss in North Yorkshire, England. Hornby is a village in the Hambleton district of North Yorkshire, England. 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 Duke of Suffolk. The Dissolution of the Monasteries, sometimes referred to as the Suppression of the Monasteries, was the formal process between 1536 and 1541 by which Henry VIII disbanded Henry VIII (28 June 1491 &ndash 28 January 1547 was King of England and Lord of Ireland, later King of Ireland and claimant to the Kingdom of Charles Brandon 1st Duke of Suffolk (c 1484 &ndash 22 August 1545) was the son of Sir William Brandon and Elizabeth Bruyn Duke of Suffolk is a title that has been created three times in British history all three times in the Peerage of England. The parish then passed though several hands and was finally split up in the early 19th century after the death of Robert Henry Allan, whose family had owned the parish since the early 18th century.
The village is thought to date back to Saxon times and, as already mentioned, is referred to in the Domesday Book as Apletona. The Saxons or Saxon people were a Confederation of Old Germanic tribes. The Domesday Book (ˈduːmzdeɪ bʊk also known as Domesday, or Book of Winchester) was the record of the great survey The village church is not quite as old - the first reference to it is in 1299, when Edward I visited and heard Mass. Edward I (17 June 1239 – 7 July 1307 popularly known as Longshanks, was a King of England who achieved historical fame by conquering large parts of Wales and almost Parish records indicate that it was being called The Chapel of St Mary Magdalen in Appleton by 1586. A parish is a Local church; it is an administrative unit typically found in episcopal or presbyterian churches A chapel is a holy place or area of Worship for Christians, which may be attached to an institution such as a large church, a College, a Saint Mary Magdalen or Mary Magdalene is described both in the canonical New Testament and in the New Testament apocrypha, as a devoted It is a small Norman structure, consisting of nave, chancel and porch.
Local economy
The traditional source of revenue in Appleton is from farming, though weaving enjoyed a brief ascendancy during the industrial revolution. The Industrial Revolution was a period in the late 18th and early 19th centuries when major changes in agriculture manufacturing and transportation had a profound effect on the Records show that 200 looms were in operation in 1850, but the industry had almost completely disappeared by 1900. A loom is a Machine or device for Weaving thread or Yarn into Textiles Looms can range from very small hand-held frames to large free-standing For the game see 1850 (board game. 1850 ( MDCCCL) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link Year 1900 ( MCM) was an exceptional Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar The modern population of the village still includes a fair share of farmers and farm workers, but nowadays most people commute to jobs in nearby towns, such as Northallerton, Darlington and Middlesbrough. Darlington is a town in County Durham, England and the main population centre in the Borough of Darlington. Middlesbrough ( IPA ( Received pronunciation) is a Town in the Tees Valley sub-region of the North East of England
Amenities
Today the village boasts, in addition to the church, a primary school, a village hall, a petrol station and garage, a general store and two pubs: The Lord Nelson and the Shorthorn Inn. See also Primary education A primary school (from French école primaire) is an institution where children receive the first stage of Compulsory In the United States, a village hall is the seat of government for Villages It functions much as a City hall does within cities Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson 1st Viscount Nelson 1st Duke of Bronté, KB (29 September 1758– 21 October 1805 was a British The Shorthorn breed of Cattle originated in the North East of England in the late 18th century The Nelson sits in the centre of the village, fronted by a small green, and is divided into a public bar and lounge, in traditional fashion. The Shorthorn lies on the edge of the village and is known locally for its good food, attracting the Sunday lunch crowd from far and wide.
The village's recreation field comprises a football pitch, a cricket square and pavilion, two tennis courts, a playground, and a new skatepark. There are also recycling facilities.
Plaudits
In 2004 the village won the award for the Village of the Britain in Bloom competition. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Britain in Bloom is a horticultural competition in the United Kingdom.
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