Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Appeltrelaybrig' 1330 YDiv

• Apperlay-brig(g) 1334 Hemii,108 1351 Calv

• Apperlay Bridge 1585 Surv 1657 WillS 1703 YDr

• Appirlaybrigg 1366 WYD

• Aperley Brigg 1623 PRBfd

• Apperlebridge 1752 PRIlk

• Apperley, Apperlay 1279 Ebor 1585 Surv

• The Apperley 1851 TA

Etymology

Apperley Bridge, Appeltrelaybrig '1330 YD iv, Apperlay-brig (g )1334 Hem ii, 108, 1351 Calv, Apperlay Bridge 1585 Surv, 1657 WillS, 1703 YDr, Appirlaybrigg 1366 WYD, Aperley Brigg 1623 PRBfd, Apperlebridge 1752 PRIlk. This bridge across the R. Aire is named from a lost place Apperley , Apperlay 1279 Ebor, 1585 Surv 195 ('a closse'), 1710 WRC 44, The Apperley 1851TA , which means 'clearing with an apple-tree', from æppel-trēow (as the first spelling shows) and lēah .