Appleton Wiske, North Riding

Description
Appleton-Wiske or Appleton-upon-Wiske, a township and parochial chapelry in Great Smeaton parish, in the N. R. Yorkshire. The chapelry lies on the river Wiske, 3 miles NW of Welbury railway station, and 7 1/2- NNE of Northallerton, under which it has a post office. Acreage, 1865 ; population, 294. The property is much subdivided. The living is a vicarage, with Great Smeaton, in the diocese of Ripon ; joint net value, £419. The church is very ancient, and was thoroughly repaired in 1875. There are chapels for Congregationalists, Wesleyans, and Primitive Methodists, and a mechanics' institute.