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Survey of English Place-Names

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Applethwaite Common

Early-attested site in the Parish of Windermere

Historical Forms

  • Appelt(h)wayt(e), Appelthwait(e) 1256 Ass4 1272,1324 Ipm 1354 Misc 1379 Pat
  • Appeltweht 1274 Ipm
  • Appelthayth 1278 Ass4d
  • Appelqwate 1390–4 Kendii,67
  • Appeltwhaite 1574,1588 Comm
  • Appeltretweyt 1279 Ass3,8
  • Appilthwayt 1283 Ipm 1375 Cl 1446 Pat
  • Appulthwayt(e), Appulthwait(e) 1446 Cl 1452 MinAcct 1530 et freq
  • Apelthwait, Apelthwayt 1335 Ipm 1338 Ch
  • Apilthwayt 1344 Cl, Misc
  • Applethwayt(e), Applethwaite 1626,1659 Dep
  • the Common at- 1702 Will

Etymology

'Clearing with an apple-tree', v. æppel (probably replacing æppel- trēow, as the 1279 spelling suggests), þveit .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

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