Appleton-le-Street with Easthorpe

Appleton-le-Street with Easthorpe is a civil parish in the Ryedale district of North Yorkshire, England, consisting of Appleton-le-Street and Easthorpe. The parish contained the townships of Swinton, Broughton, Hildenley with a chapel at Amotherby called All Saints.[1] The parish also lies just north of the River Rye. The parish had a population of 117 in the 2001 census and 122 in the 2011 census.[2]

Appleton le Street with Easthorpe

Main road through Appleton le Street
Appleton le Street with Easthorpe
Location within North Yorkshire
Population122 
OS grid referenceSE 73657 73524
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townMalton
Postcode districtYO17
Dialling code01653
PoliceNorth Yorkshire
FireNorth Yorkshire
AmbulanceYorkshire
UK Parliament
All Saints Church, Appleton-le-Street

Appleton le Street is 4 miles west of the town of Malton. Easthorpe is a small village south of Appleton le Street and 3 miles from Malton.

In the 1870s Appleton le Street was described as:

"a township and a parish in Malton district, N. R. Yorkshire. The township lies on the Roman road to Aldborough, near the river Rye, 3½ miles WNW of New Malton r. station. Acres, 1,140. Real property, £1,815. Pop., 185. Houses, 36."[3]

Population
Total Population of Appleton le Street with Easthorpe between 1801 and 2011

The graph shows that between 1801 and 1851 the parish of Appleton le Street with Easthorpe had a population of between 730 and 940. In 1866 the townships became civil parishes, for which separate statistics were reported, and from the next available population census statistics in 1881 until 2011, the population was only between 120 and 170.[4][5]

History

The notable All Saints church is situated just north of Easthorpe in Appleton le Street. It is a Grade I listed Saxon church which escaped "improvement" by the Victorians.[6] The earliest written reference to a church at Appleton is in a charter of King Henry II (1154–1189). It is curiously omitted from the Domesday Book, yet it is beyond dispute that there was a church at that time. The first reference in the register to Appleton is on 20 September 1232 when Stephen de (Eglefeld?) was instituted as first rector.[7] Inside, effigies date from the 13th and 14th centuries and some interior woodwork dates from 1636.[8]

The name Appleton le Street means "apple orchard on a Roman road". Appleton in old Roman times simply translates to an orchard, le, translates to 'the' in old French and the word street in old Roman times translates to a Roman road.[9] Easthorpe directly translates to, East outlying farm or settlement. With east simply translating to eastern, and thorpe directly translating to, a secondary settlement and a dependent outlying farm or hamlet.[10]

Occupational structure
Occupational spread in 1831

The pie chart shows that the majority of people worked as labourers and servants, and just under 25% of the population were middling sorts, small farmers not employing labourers, with both masters and skilled workers in urban manufacturing and handicrafts. Then there were around 30 professionals and employers in 1831.

By 1881, the number of professionals had decreased to three people, one male and two females. The majority of men in 1881 still worked in agriculture, whilst the majority of women worked in the 'Unknown Sector'. The men mostly worked in hard labour jobs whilst women worked in more domestic occupations.[11]

Housing
Total numbers of households between 1831 and 1961

The line graph shows that the total number of houses, between around 1831 and 1851, was between 196 and 210 respectively,[12] and the occupancy graph shows that just under 90% were occupied in 1831, which means there were 21 vacant at the time, but that reduced to only nine in 1851.[13]

Percentage of households occupied between 1831 and 1961

After 1851, the number of houses declined to only 34 in 1881, and then remained stable until 1961 when the total number of homes is 36. There were no vacant houses in 1881 but then by 1891 only around 75% of the houses were occupied, with 8 homes being vacant, until around 1921; then all the houses are occupied again all the way to 1961.[14]

Amenities
Cresswell Arms, Appleton le Street

The parish has two hotels and lodges. In the area of Appleton le Street, on the edge of the North York Moors, is the Cresswell Arms, a traditional country inn dating back to the 1800s when it was flanked by a blacksmith and a butcher.[15]

References
  1. "Appleton le Street Parish History". Family Search. Retrieved 25 February 2013.
  2. "Appleton-le-Street with Easthorpe (parish)". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. 30 January 2013. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
  3. Wilson, John (1870–72). Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales. A. Fullarton and Co. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
  4. "Appleton le Street with Easthorpe Population Statistics". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 25 February 2013.
  5. "Change in Population for Appleton le Street with Easthorpe". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 25 February 2013.
  6. "All Saints Church". A Church Near You. Retrieved 26 February 2013.
  7. "All Saints Church History". The Street Parishes. Retrieved 26 February 2013.
  8. "All Saints Church". Timaps. Retrieved 26 February 2013.
  9. "Appleton le Street History". Institute for Names Studies – Nottingham University. Retrieved 1 March 2013.
  10. "Easthorpe History". Institute for Names Studies – Nottingham University. Retrieved 1 March 2013.
  11. "Occupational Structure". Vision of Britain. Retrieved 22 March 2013.
  12. "Household". Vision of Britain. Retrieved 25 March 2013.
  13. "Households". Vision of Britain. Retrieved 25 March 2013.
  14. "Household". Vision of Britain. Retrieved 25 March 2013.
  15. "Cresswell Arms". Cresswell Arms. Archived from the original on 13 August 2013. Retrieved 5 March 2013.
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