Appleton

Other current and historical names

Apletone

Built-Up Area: Appleton
Parish/Community: Appleton-with-Eaton
District/Borough: Vale of White Horse
County: Oxfordshire
Region: South East

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°42'33"N 1°21'40"W
Eastings/Northings: 444229, 201374
OS Grid: SP442013
Mapcode Local: GBR 7Y1.YDY
Mapcode Global: VHCXZ.C95F

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

Appleton in historic gazetteers

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

Appleton.-- par. and vil., NE. Berks, nr. river Thames, 5 miles NW. of Abingdon, 2077 ac. (18 water), pop. 573; P.O. Birthplace of Edmund Dickinson (1624-1707), the famous physician and philologist.

Appleton in the Domesday Book

A village in Marcham hundred, in the county of Berkshire.

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Healfdene of Hanslope
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Miles Crispin
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Richard son of Rainfrid (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 5 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £5 in 1066; £3 10/- in 1070; £3 in 1086
- Households: 4 villagers; 5 smallholders; 3 slaves
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 men's plough (6 plough lands)
- Other resources: 1 fishery
2nd Manor
- Overlord in 1066: King Edward
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Alwin
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Berner nephew of Robert of Péronne
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Berner nephew of Robert of Péronne
- Taxable Value: 5 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £4 in 1066; £3 in 1070; £2 10/- in 1086
- Households: 3 villagers; 5 smallholders; 3 slaves
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 men's plough (4 plough lands)

British Place Names

Appleton, Oxfordshire

Appleton is a village in Oxfordshire

Appleton in historic gazetteers

Appleton in the Domesday Book