Appledore

Other current and historical names

Apledore
Appledor
Apeldres

Built-Up Area: Appledore
Parish/Community: Appledore
District/Borough: Ashford
County: Kent
Region: South East

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°1'47"N 0°47'20"E
Eastings/Northings: 595673, 129321
OS Grid: TQ956293
Mapcode Local: GBR RY4.8BS
Mapcode Global: FRA D6JD.C8M

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Appledore within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Appledore in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Appledore, par., vil., and ry. sta., E. Kent, on the Royal Military Canal, 6 miles SE. of Tenterden, 3007 ac. (22 water), pop. 648; P.O., T.O. The vil. is 1½ mile W. of the ry. sta., and was formerly a market town.

Appledore in the Domesday Book

A village in Blackbourne hundred, in the county of Kent.

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Archbishop of Canterbury Christ Church
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Archbishop of Canterbury
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Archbishop of Canterbury
- Taxable Value: 2 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £6 in 1066; £6 in 1070; £16 17/4¾ in 1086
- Households: 37 villagers; 41 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs; 11 men's ploughs (8 plough lands)
- Meadow: 2 acres
- Woodland: 6 swine render
- Churches: 1
- Other resources: 6 fisheries

British Place Names

Appledore, Kent

Appledore is a village in Kent

Appledore in historic gazetteers

Appledore in the Domesday Book