Appleton Roebuck, West Riding of Yorkshire
Historical Description
Appleton-Roebuck, a township and a straggling village in the ecclesiastical parish of Acaster Selby, in the W.R. Yorkshire. Acreage, 2920; population, 393. The township is near Appleton-Nun, 2 miles NE of Bolton-Percy railway station, and has a post office under Bolton-Percy (R.S.O.), a church, built in 1868, and a Wesleyan chapel. The living is a vicarage, joined to that of Acaster Selby; net value, £290, in the gift of the Archbishop of York.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Ancient County | Yorkshire | |
Civil parish | Bolton Percy | |
Riding | West | |
Wapentake | Ainsty |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Church Records
Findmypast, in conjunction with various Archives, Local Studies, and Family History Societies have the following parish records online for Appleton Roebuck:
Baptisms | Banns | Marriages | Burials |
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1866-1914 | 1850-1901 | 1853-1900 | 1850-1958 |
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Appleton Roebuck from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Appleton-Roebuck and Nun-Appleton)
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for the West Riding of Yorkshire is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Appleton Roebuck are available from a number of sites:
- Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- Google Streetview.
- National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
- OpenStreetMap.
- old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
- Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following West Riding newspapers online: