Appleton, Oxfordshire
The Danes sacked the abbey during the reign of King Alfred who later sequestered its estates, presumably including Appleton, because the monks had not made him a sufficient requital for vanquishing their enemies.In the 10th century the village had the alternative name of Earmundeslæh, Earmundesleah, Earmundeslee or Earmundeslei, referring to King Edmund I, who in 942 granted it to Athelstan, one of his thegns, who may have restored it to Abingdon Abbey.The north aisle was added late in that century, linked with the nave by a four-bay arcade of pointed arches.[2][3][6] Monuments in the church include a brass of two shrouded corpses in memory of John Goudrington, who died in 1518, and his wife.[8] Appleton has a Church of England primary school, a community shop, a Women's Institute[9] and a cricket club.[12][13] Oxfordshire County Council subsidised bus route 63 between Oxford and Southmoor serves Appleton five times a day in each direction from Monday to Friday.
Oxfordshire2011 CensusOS grid referenceCivil parishAppleton-with-EatonDistrictVale of White HorseShire countyRegionSouth EastCountryEnglandSovereign statePost townAbingdonPostcode districtDialling codePoliceThames ValleyAmbulanceSouth CentralUK ParliamentOxford West and AbingdonBerkshire1974 boundary changesAbingdon AbbeyKing AlfredtoponymKing Edmund IthegnsDomesday BookMiles CrispinmanorialBishop of BayeuxWilliam of NormandyMerton College, OxfordWilliam de ShareshullLord Chief JusticeEdward IIIWilliam LenthallBesselsleighFettiplaceManor HouseChurch of England parish churchSaint LaurenceNormanarcadechancelbell towerGothic Revival architectCC RolfeMonumentsRenaissanceCorinthianstrapworkWhitechapel Bell FoundryChurch of EnglandWomen's InstituteNorth Berks Football LeagueOxfordshire County CouncilOxfordSouthmoorThames TravelNeighbourhood StatisticsOffice for National StatisticsHistoric EnglandNational Heritage List for EnglandDove's Guide for Church Bell RingersCentral Council of Church Bell RingersOxford Bus CompanyPage, WilliamDitchfield, PHVictoria County HistoryPevsner, NikolausPenguin BooksOxfordshire Architectural and Historical SocietyCounty Council electionsDistrict Council electionsDidcot and Wantage County ConstituencyOxford West and Abingdon County ConstituencyWitney County ConstituencyAbingdon-on-ThamesCaldecottFaringdonWantageBelmontBlewburyCumnorChilswellCumnor HillDean CourtFarmoorSwinfordDraytonEast ChallowEast HendredGreat Western ParkHarwellKenningtonKingston Bagpuize with SouthmoorKingston BagpuizeMarchamMiltonNorth HinkseyBotleyHarcourt HillRadleySt. Helen WithoutDry SandfordShipponShrivenhamStanford in the ValeSteventonSunningwellBayworthBoars HillSutton CourtenayWatchfieldWoottonHenwoodAppleford-on-ThamesArdington and LockingeArdingtonArdington WickEast LockingeWest Lockinge