User:Beverslie
ALTERNATIVE ETYMOLOGY
[edit]"Apple lea" (on the Douglas), from (boscus de) Appelae, Appeleie, Appeleye, found in thirteenth century Chartulary of Cockersand Abbey; - also "Appley Moor"; within the township of Wrightington in the ancient parish of Eccleston. [1]
- ^ Eilert Eckwall, The Place-Names of Lancashire, (1922, Manchester University Press: reprinted 1972 by EP Publishing, Wakefield) p. 130.