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Please see the Leicestershire page for Appleby for additional resources.

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APPLEBY, a parish in the hundred of Sparkenhoe, in the county of Leicester, partly also in the hundred of Repton, in the county of Derby, 6 miles to the S.W. of Ashby-de-la Zouch. Atherstone is the post town. It lies near the point at which the four counties of Derby, Leicester, Stafford, and Warwick meet, and not far from the Ashby-de-la-Zouch canal. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough, value £750, in the patronage of G. Moors, Esq.

The church, which is old, stands in Leicestershire, and is dedicated to St. Michael. It contains a monument to one of the Applebys. There is a free grammar school, established and endowed in 1669, by Sir John Moore, an alderman of London. It has an income of £326. The school-house was erected after a design by Sir Christopher Wren. Appleby Hall is the principal residence. The Atherstone hounds meet here.”

from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868

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Archives & Libraries

The Swadlincote Library is an excellent resource with a Local History section and a Family History section.

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Census

  • The parish was in the Measham sub-district of the Ashby-de-la-Zouch Registration District.
     
  • The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
     
 YearPiece no.
1841H.O. 107 / 600
1851H.O. 107 / 2084
1861R.G. 9 / 2267
1871R.G. 10 / 3243
1891R.G. 12 / 2508
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Church History

  • The Anglican parish church is dedicated to Saint Michael and All Angels.
     
  • The church stands in the Leicestershire portion of the parish.
     
  • Tradition holds that the church was built on the site of a Roman temple.
     
  • The church seats 600.
     
  • Philip JEFFREY has a photograph of St Michael and All Angels' Church on Geo-graph, taken in January, 2014.
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Church Records

  • The Anglican parish register dates from 1572.
     
  • The church was in the rural deanery of Sparkenhoe (first portion).
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Civil Registration

  • Civil Registration started in July, 1837.
     
  • The parish was in the Measham subdistrict of the Ashby-de-la-Zouch Registration District.
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Description & Travel

"APPLEBY, a parish in the hundred of Sparkenhoe, in the county of Leicester, partly also in the hundred of Repton, in the county of Derby, 6 miles to the S.W. of Ashby-de-la Zouch. Atherstone is the post town. It lies near the point at which the four counties of Derby, Leicester, Stafford, and Warwick meet, and not far from the Ashby-de-la-Zouch canal. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough, value £750, in the patronage of G. Moors, Esq."

[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868)
Transcribed by Colin HINSON ©2003]

Appleby is just east of the A42 which you took southwest out of Ashby-de-la-Zouch.

Also see the Leicestershire, Appleby page.

You can see pictures of Appleby which are provided by:

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Directories

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Gazetteers

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History

  • The Amenity Woodlands, just north of the village, is a small part of the national reforestation project.
     
  • John POYSER has a photograph of the entrance to Amenity woodland on Geo-graph, taken in April, 2007.
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Maps

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SK313090 (Lat/Lon: 52.677803, -1.538492), Appleby which are provided by:

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Politics & Government

  • This place was partly in the ancient Repton and Gresley Hundred (or Wapentake).
     
  • Appleby Civil Parish was abolished in 1898 to create Appleby Magna Civil Parish within the boundaries of Leicestershire.
     
  • Today the parish is administered as part of Leicestershire.
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Poor Houses, Poor Law

  • Bastardy cases would be heard in the Ashby-de-la-Zouch petty session hearings.
     
  • There is a partial list of about 20 Appleby Bastardy Papers held at the DRO on the Yesterdays Journey website. Select "Bastardy Papers" on the left side, then "Appleby " from the list displayed.
     
  • The Common Land was enclosed here in 1771.
     
  • As a result of the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act, Appleby became part of the Ashby-de-la-Zouch Poorlaw Union
     
  • In 1839 the Misses MOOREs' Almshouses were built. These are now Grade II listed with British Heritage.
     
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Taxation

See the 1662 Hearth Tax Assessments page on Brett Payne's website for a list of heads-of-households who paid the tax.