APPLEGARTH MANOR

Identity: confirmed — The registry identifies Applegarth Manor in Marske, Yorkshire. Independent medieval evidence records West Applegarth as a manor in the parish of Marske, Yorkshire, associated with the FitzHugh/Ravensworth lordship. Local historical research also lists Applegarth as one of the distinct manors of the Marske area, separate from Marske, Skelton, Clints and Feldom. This combination identifies the Marske/Applegarth manor rather than another English or Scottish Applegarth.
Representative point: 54.408400, -1.814000
Basis: documented_manor_house — A historical summary states that a mansion stood on the site now occupied by West Applegarth Farm. The farm is documented at 54.408400, -1.814000 by georeferenced Geograph material. This is treated as the best surviving proxy for the former manor house/site.
Point confidence: medium
Boundary status: representative_point_only
Boundary period: Medieval and early modern manor; exact perimeter undetermined
Boundary confidence: none
Boundary basis: The sources establish the manor's location and historical identity but do not provide a manor-specific boundary map, mapped parcel schedule, acreage statement, or explicit perimeter. The modern Applegarth settlement, Marske parish, or later Marske/Hutton estate boundaries cannot safely be substituted for the historical manorial extent.
Sources:
- The National Archives, Manorial Documents Register: Applegarth Manor, F242757: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/c/F242757 — Registry record for APPLEGARTH MANOR associated with Marske, Yorkshire; authority/reference GB/NNAF/M169302.
- Mapping the Medieval Countryside: West Applegarth Manor: https://inquisitionspostmortem.ac.uk/view/place/794497.html — Records West Applegarth as a manor in the parish of Marske, Yorkshire, in inquisitions of 1425 and 1428; the 1428 entry gives an annual value of 100 shillings.
- History of Marske in Swaledale: https://marskeswaledale.com/marske-history-landing-page/ — Identifies Applegarth as one of the historic manors of the Marske area and places Applegarth within the orbit of the FitzHugh family of Ravensworth; notes the later acquisition of lands associated with Applegarth by the Marske Estate in 1814.
- Applegarth, Yorkshire: https://wikishire.co.uk/wiki/Applegarth%2C_Yorkshire — States that a mansion stood on the site now occupied by West Applegarth Farm and places Applegarth approximately three-quarters of a mile north-east of Marske; provides the local historical context of FitzHugh/Ravensworth ownership.
- West Applegarth Farm, Geograph/Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:West_Applegarth_Farm_-_geograph.org.uk_-_276624.jpg — Provides georeferenced coordinates for West Applegarth Farm: 54.408400, -1.814000, used for the representative point.
- British Mining No. 50: Mining and Smelting in the Marske Area, Swaledale: https://www.nmrs.org.uk/assets/pdf/BM50/BM50-24-40-marske.pdf — Describes the Marske parish's five distinct lesser manors by the twelfth century, including Applegarth, and distinguishes them from the other Marske-area manors.
Warnings / uncertainty:
- The historical evidence supports the manor's site but not a defensible polygon for its territorial extent.
- West Applegarth Farm is used as the representative point because a mansion is reported on that site; the exact medieval manor-house footprint has not been located.
- Do not substitute the modern Marske civil or ecclesiastical parish, the wider Applegarth settlement, or the later Marske/Hutton estate for the Applegarth Manor boundary.