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

Major Settlement in the Parish of Appleton with Eaton

Historical Forms

  • (æt) æppeltune 942 BCS777 c.1240
  • Apletune, Apletone 1086 DB
  • Apelton' 1185 RR
  • Appelton' 1186 P
  • Apeltun' 1218 FineR
  • Appelleton' 1284 Ass
  • Appulton' 1369–70 ObAcc
  • Appulton 1375,1402 Fine
  • Appilton 1384 Cl
  • Apulton 1388 1535 VE
  • Appultone 1390 Eynsh
  • Appyltone 1531 ib
  • Eppelton' 1220 Fees
  • Eppeltona 1224–5 Ass
  • Aspelton 1316 FA

Etymology

Appleton is a common name, from OE  æppeltūn, which is recorded in the sense 'orchard'. For Earmundeslea , which some authors have taken to be an earlier name for Appleton, v. 443–4.