APPLETON-upon-WISK, a parish in the western
division of the liberty of LANGBRAUGH, North riding
of the county of YORK, 7 miles (S. S. W.) from Yarm,
containing 402 inhabitants. The living is a perpetual
curacy, annexed to the rectory of Great Smeaton, in the
archdeaconry of Cleveland, and diocese of York. There
is a place of worship for Wesleyan Methodists. The
manufacture of linen is here carried on to a considerable
extent.