East Appleton is a hamlet in North Yorkshire, England. The poet Richard Braithwaite lived there on his estate, and was buried in the parish church.Julie Sanders, ‘Brathwaite, Richard (1587/8–1673)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, October 2009 accessed 30 April 2011 Roger Strickland later inherited the estate from Braithwaite's widow.J. D. Davies, ‘Strickland, Sir Roger (bap. 1640, d. 1717)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, January 2008 accessed 30 April 2011
See also Listed buildings in Appleton East and West
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