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Survey of English Place-Names

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Applegarth(lost)

Other OS name in the Parish of Leeds

Historical Forms

  • Aplegarth 1561 Dep
  • Apyllgarth 1561 M
  • le Apple Garthe 1612 Surv

Etymology

( lost ) , 1610 WYD , 1612 Surv , 1684 LdsManBk , Aplegarth 1561 Dep, Apyllgarth 1561 M, le Apple Garthe 1612 Surv , ' theorchard ' , v. apaldrs-garðr ; more than one orchard may be so named , one lying in Woodhouse ( 1610 ) , one near Quarry Hill ( 1684 ) and another ' abutting on the R. Aire ' ( 1612 ) .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name