Appleton-le-Street

Appleton-le-Street is a small village and in the Ryedale district of North Yorkshire, England. It is approximately 3mi west of Malton and in the parish of Appleton-le-Street with Easthorpe.HistoryThe village is mentioned in the Domesday Book as "Appletun", part of the Maneshou Hundred. At the time of the Norman Conquest it belonged to Cnut, son of Karli, but subsequently handed over to William I.The Thirsk & Malton Railway used to pass through the village.GovernanceThe village lies within the Thirsk and Malton parliamentary constituency. It also lies within the Amotherby ward of Ryedale District Council and the Malton electoral district of North Yorkshire County Council.GeographyThe civil parish includes the village and the small hamlet of Easthorpe, which lies just over 1mi to the south. It is on the B1257 Malton to Stokesley road between Amotherby and Barton-le-Street. It is 1.7mi south of the River Rye.The soil is a mixture of Oxford clay on corallian beds. Limestone and Sandstone were quarried in the village.