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.

Mappleton

Major Settlement in the Parish of Mappleton

Historical Forms

  • Mapleton(e) 1086 DB 1115 YCh 1154–80 1286 Ch 1599 BM
  • Mapeltun, Mapelton(a) 12th Nunkeel 1160–2 YCh 1359 SR
  • Mapiltun, Mapilton 1203 Ass 1230 Ebor 1494 FF
  • Mapiltun in Holdernesse 1370 FF
  • Mappelton 1259 Ass
  • Mappylton 1422 BM

Etymology

'Farm by a maple-tree,' v. mapel , tun .

Places in the same Parish