Appleton Roebuck

Appleton Roebuck is a village and civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England. The village is about 9 miles south-west of York. The civil parish includes the hamlets of Holme Green and Nun Appleton, and covers an area of around 2,900 acres.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Nun Appleton Priory and All Saints’ Church, Appleton Roebuck.

Nun Appleton Priory

Historic house

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Nun Appleton Priory was a priory near Appleton Roebuck, North Yorkshire, England. It was founded as a nunnery c. 1150, by Eustace de Merch and his wife. It was dissolved by 1539, when the nuns were receiving pensions.

All Saints’ Church, Appleton Roebuck

Church

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All Saints' Church is the parish church of Appleton Roebuck, a village south-west of York, in England. Until 1868, Appleton Roebuck was in the parish of Bolton Percy.

St John’s Church, Acaster Selby

Church

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St John's Church is an Anglican church in Acaster Selby, a village south of York, in England. Until 1850, Acaster Selby fell within the parish of Stillingfleet, with a church on the opposite side of the River Ouse.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Copmanthorpe and Ulleskelf.

Copmanthorpe

Village

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Copmanthorpe is a village and civil parish in the City of York in the English county of North Yorkshire, 4 miles south-west of York, west of Bishopthorpe and close to Acaster Malbis, Askham Bryan and Askham Richard. Copmanthorpe is situated 3 miles north of Appleton Roebuck.

Ulleskelf

Village

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Ulleskelf is a village and civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England, four miles from Tadcaster on the River Wharfe. Its name comes from the Scandinavian personal name Úlfr, while skelf may be an Old English word meaning "a flat area", although it could be from the Old Scandinavian equivalent, 'skialf' as in several other English place names, e.g. Hunshelf, Wadshelf. Ulleskelf is situated 2½ miles southwest of Appleton Roebuck.

Cawood

Village

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Cawood is a village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England that is notable as the location of the Cawood sword. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, Cawood belonged to the Liberty of Cawood, Wistow and Otley. Cawood is situated 3 miles south of Appleton Roebuck.

Appleton Roebuck

Type: Locality
Location: Selby District, North Yorkshire, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

53.8714° or 53° 52′ 17″ north

Longitude

-1.1572° or 1° 9′ 26″ west

Elevation

30 feet (9 metres)

Open location code

9C5WVRCV+H4

GeoNames ID

7296905

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