The parish contained the townships of Swinton, Broughton, Hildenley with a chapel at Amotherby called All Saints.

Easthorpe is a small village south of Appleton-le-Street and 3 miles (5 km) from Malton.

[5][6] The notable All Saints church is situated just north of Easthorpe in Appleton-le-Street.

[7] The earliest written reference to a church at Appleton is in a charter of King Henry II (1154–1189).

[10] The pie chart shows that the majority of people worked as labourers and servants, and just under 25% of the population were small farmers not employing labourers, with both masters and skilled workers in urban manufacturing and handicrafts.

In the area of Appleton-le-Street, on the edge of the North York Moors, is the Cresswell Arms, a traditional country inn dating back to the 1800s when it was flanked by a blacksmith and a butcher.