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Apparently APPLEY BRIDGE name comes from a very large APPLE TREE which
was once next to the BRIDGE used to gain access to the village from the south over
the RIVER DOUGLAS and apart from a few houses the tree and bridge
were only main feature of the village for early settlers. The bridge has been
replaced numerous times and is currently a flat stone bridge, the tree however is
no long gone. It has always been suggested that the apple tree was cut down and
used to build the first bridge but there are no official records to back up
either version but it is widely accepted that one of those explanations is the correct one.

Its location is unique because the village is in West Lancashire whilst Shevington Vale, the large modern housing developments which lie adjacent to the village, are in GREATER MANCHESTER

Once a busy industrial village, with a paint and LINO WORKS, several QUARRIES and clay pits forthe Wigan brick company, today the village still has several factories including a WIEGH-BRIDGE manufacturer and CARAVAN factory, but is rather more sleepy, its main purpose providing housing to the many commuters who work along the M6 corridor.