Editing Appleton Wiske (section)

==History==
Appleton Wiske was one of the 41 ancient parishes of the [[Wapentake]] of [[Langbaurgh Wapentake|Langbaurgh]] in the [[Cleveland, England|Cleveland]] division of the [[North Riding of Yorkshire]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Appleford - Ardwick |url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/topographical-dict/england/pp66-69#h3-0013|website=www.british-history.ac.uk|accessdate=4 January 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=GENUKI: Appleton Wiske|url=http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/NRY/Appletonwiske/index.html|website=www.genuki.org.uk|accessdate=4 January 2016}}</ref> It was also a part of the sessional division of [[Yarm]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Genuki: NRY HISTORY CONTENTS: , Yorkshire |url=https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/YRY/NRY/NRYHistory/NRYHistory09 |website=www.genuki.org.uk |accessdate=30 September 2019}}</ref>

From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the district of [[Hambleton District|Hambleton]], it is now administered by the unitary [[North Yorkshire Council]].

The parish was gifted by [[William the Conqueror]] to [[Robert de Brus of Skelton]], an ancestor of [[Robert the Bruce]], the famous Scottish king.<ref name="BHO">{{cite web |title=Parishes: Appleton Wiske {{!}} British History Online |url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/yorks/north/vol2/pp223-225 |website=www.british-history.ac.uk |accessdate=30 September 2019}}</ref> De Brus's son gave it to St. Mary's Abbey, [[York]], along with [[Hornby, Hambleton|Hornby]] and other lands. It remained in the possession of the St. Mary's until the [[dissolution of monasteries]], when it was granted by [[Henry VIII of England|Henry VIII]] to [[Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk|Charles Brandon]], who later became the [[Duke of Suffolk]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Burke |first1=J. Bernard |title=The Historic Lands of England |date=1848 |publisher=Churton |location=London |page=156|oclc=7443328}}</ref> The parish then passed through several hands and was finally split up in the early 19th century after the death of Robert Henry Allan, whose family had owned the parish since the early 18th century.<ref name="BHO"/>

The village is thought to date back to [[Saxon people|Saxon]] times<ref>{{cite web|title=Appleton Wiske History|url=http://www.appletonwiske.com/history.htm|website=www.appletonwiske.com|accessdate=4 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160117202737/http://appletonwiske.com/history.htm|archive-date=17 January 2016|url-status = dead}}</ref> and is referred to in the [[Domesday Book]] as Apletona.<ref>{{cite web |title=Appleton [Wiske] {{!}} Domesday Book |url=https://opendomesday.org/place/NZ3804/appleton-wiske/ |website=opendomesday.org |accessdate=30 September 2019}}</ref> [[St Mary's Church, Appleton Wiske]] is not quite as old - the first reference to it is in 1299, when [[Edward I of England|Edward I]] visited and heard Mass.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Barnard |first1=Ashley |title=Scarecrow event hoped to raise funds for local church |url=https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/13371690.scarecrow-event-hoped-to-raise-funds-for-local-church/ |accessdate=30 September 2019 |work=The Northern Echo |date=15 July 2015|url-access=limited}}</ref> [[Parish]] records indicate that it was being called The [[Chapel]] of St [[Mary Magdalen]] in Appleton by 1586.<ref>{{cite web |title=Genuki: St. Mary's Church, Appleton Wiske, Yorkshire (North Riding) |url=https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/NRY/AppletonWiske/PhotoFrames/AppletonWiskeStMary_1 |website=www.genuki.org.uk |accessdate=30 September 2019}}</ref> It is a small Norman structure, consisting of nave, chancel and porch.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Pevsner |first1=Nikoalus |title=Yorkshire, the North Riding |date=2002 |publisher=Yale University Press |location=London |isbn=0-300-09665-8 |page=65}}</ref> The church is now a [[grade II listed]] structure, as is the [[Wesleyan Methodist Church (Great Britain)|Wesleyan Methodist]] chapel built in 1821.<ref>{{NHLE|desc=Church of St Mary|num=1293806|grade=II|accessdate=30 September 2019}}</ref><ref>{{NHLE|desc=Wesley Methodist Chapel|num=1190428|grade=II|accessdate=30 September 2019}}</ref>

In the [[First World War]], {{convert|38|acre}} of land to the north east of the village was used by two squadrons of the [[Royal Air Force]] in the Home Defence role. The squadrons were based at [[RAF Ripon]] and used Appleton Wiske as a Relief Landing Ground (RLG). Whilst the airfield was scoped out for a possible role in the [[Second World War]], it was never used.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Delve |first1=Ken |title=Northern England : Co. Durham, Cumbria, Isle of Man, Lancashire, Merseyside, Manchester, Northumberland, Tyne & Wear, Yorkshire |date=2006 |publisher=Crowood |location=Marlborough |isbn=1-86126-809-2 |page=285}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Appleton Wiske - Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust UK |url=http://www.abct.org.uk/airfields/airfield-finder/appleton-wiske/ |website=www.abct.org.uk |accessdate=30 September 2019}}</ref>

In 2009 it was suggested that a planning application for nine wind turbines was due to be raised with Hambleton District Council. With each turbine planned to be {{convert|125|m|order=flip}} high and the nearest some {{convert|800|yd}} from the village,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Walker |first1=Andy |title=Villagers protest against plans for North Yorkshire windfarm |url=https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/4114382.northallerton-area-wind-farm-plan-criticised/ |accessdate=30 September 2019 |work=The Northern Echo |date=10 February 2009|url-access=limited}}</ref> a group of villagers formed the still existent North Hambleton Windfarm Action Group (NHWAG) to oppose the development.