Applethwaite is a village in the foothills of Skiddaw near Keswick in the English Lake District. It is in the county of Cumbria, and forms part of the civil parish of Underskiddaw, which has a population of 282.Office for National Statistics : Census 2001 : Parish Headcounts : Allerdale Retrieved 2009-11-22 The name derives from it originally being the clearing in a forest with apples in it.The Free Dictionary
Applethwaite is mentioned in Alfred Wainwright's The Northern Fells guide book. The narrator/nursemaid Hester in "The Old Nurse’s Story" by Elizabeth Gaskell is from this village.
The church
St Marys church in the village is plain with some stained glass windows. The other church here is St John the Evangelist.
Location
Applethwaite is just off the A591, north of Keswick.
See also
Listed buildings in Underskiddaw
References