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Survey of English Place-Names

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Appleton, Appleton Thorn

Other OS name in the Parish of Great Budworth

Historical Forms

  • Appleton Thorn, Thorn Green 1768 1831 Bry
  • The Saracen's Head 1831 Bry

Etymology

, Appleton Thorn , Thorn Green 1768ib , 1831 Bry,a hamlet and public-house (The Saracen 's Head 1831 Bry ) named from a thorn - tree here , cf. Thornbrow Fm infra , v. þorn .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site