Appeltry is used as a family name or surname in England. It is 8 characters long in length.
The variation of Apletree. Apple-tree.
Appeltry is a form of Appletree. In Anglo-Saxon, æpl and treow. Our Saxon forefathers named many localities — which have since given rise to surnames — from trees. Appledore, Kent, Appledore, Devon Appledram, Sussex, and other places are well-known to have derived their designations thus. The Saxon Chronicle describes the battle of Hastings as having taken place at thære háran apuldran, "at the hoary apple -tree," probably from same venerable tree of that species growing near at hand. Contributing to Lit. 71. The "hoar apple tree" was a common landmark in Saxon times. Mr. Hamper has collected no less than 14 in stances in different counties. Archæologia XXV, 35.