In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Appleton Roebuck like this:
APPLETON-ROEBUCK, a township and a subdistrict in the district of Tadcaster, W. R. Yorkshire. The township is in the parish of Bolton-Percy, near Appleton-Nun, 1½ mile SE of Bolton-Percy r. station; and has a post office under Tadcaster, a church built in 1869, and a Wesleyan chapel. Acres, 2,780. Pop., 622. Houses, 141.-The subdistrict comprises the townships of Bolton-Percy parish and another township. Acres, 8,671. Pop., 1,272. Houses, 263.
Appleton Roebuck through time
Appleton Roebuck is now part of Selby district. Click here for graphs and data of how Selby has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Appleton Roebuck itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Appleton Roebuck, in Selby and West Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/11187
Date accessed: 19th April 2024
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