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.

Appletreewick

Major Settlement in the Parish of Burnsall

Historical Forms

  • Apletreuuic, Apletrewic, Apletrewyc 1086 DB 1120 Whit 1152–5 YChvii
  • Ap(p)eltrewic, Ap(p)eltrewik, Ap(p)eltrewyk(e) 12 Font 1179–90 YChvii 1198 Fount 13 YDix a.1228 YChvii 1240 FF
  • Appletreuich 12 Font
  • Appletrewike 1535 WillY
  • Epletrewic 1175–87 YChvii
  • Appiltrewik, Appiltrewyk 1303 KF 1351 ADi 1415 Fabr
  • Appetrewek 1812 PRBrn

Etymology

'Dairy-farm near an apple-tree', v. æppel-trēow, wīc .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name