English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Appleton

Early-attested site in the Parish of Great Budworth

Historical Forms

  • Epletune 1086 DB
  • Ap(p)elton(a), Ap(p)eltun, Appleton c.1154–60 Ch 1329 Facs 1190–99
  • Appleton iuxta Hulle 1287 Court

Etymology

'Apple-tree farm' or 'orchard', v. æppel , (Merc  eppel, cf. epli ), tūn , æppel-tūn.

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site