East Appleton

{{Short description|Hamlet in North Yorkshire, England}} {{Use British English|date=January 2020}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}} {{Infobox UK place | country = England | static_image = Approaching East Appleton.jpg | static_image_width = 250px | static_image_caption = Approaching East Appleton | coordinates = {{coord|54.35759|-1.6393|display=inline,title}} | official_name = East Appleton | population = | unitary_england = North Yorkshire | lieutenancy_england = North Yorkshire | region = Yorkshire and the Humber | constituency_westminster = | post_town = | postcode_district = | postcode_area = | dial_code = | os_grid_reference = SE235958 }} '''East Appleton''' is a hamlet in North Yorkshire, England. The poet Richard Braithwaite lived there on his estate, and was buried in the parish church.<ref>Julie Sanders, ‘Brathwaite, Richard (1587/8–1673)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, October 2009 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/3290, accessed 30 April 2011]</ref> Roger Strickland later inherited the estate from Braithwaite's widow.<ref>J. D. Davies, ‘Strickland, Sir Roger (bap. 1640, d. 1717)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, January 2008 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/26666, accessed 30 April 2011]</ref>

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Category:Hamlets in North Yorkshire