In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Appleby Magna like this:
APPLEBY, a village and a parish in Ashby-de-la Zouch district, on the confines of Leicester and Derby. The village stands 1½ mile WSW of the Mease river and the Ashby-de-la-Zouch canal, and 6 miles SW by S of Ashby-de-la-Zouch r. station. It has a post office‡ under Atherstone; and is a meet for the Atherstone hounds. ...
It is sometimes called Appleby-Magna or Great Appleby; while a hamlet a little S of it, in the same parish, is called Appleby-Parva or Little Appleby. The parish comprises 2,020 acres. Real property, £7,06 7. Pop., 1,070. Houses, 248. The property is not much divided. Appleby Hall is the seat of G. Moore, Esq. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £750.* Patron, G. Moore, Esq. The church is a handsome structure with a spire; and has some good painted glass. There are three dissenting chapels and a free grammar school,-the latter founded in 1697, by Sir John Moore, lord mayor of London. Endowed income of the grammar school, £326; other charities £9.
Appleby Magna through time
Appleby Magna is now part of North West Leicestershire district. Click here for graphs and data of how North West Leicestershire has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Appleby Magna itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Appleby Magna in North West Leicestershire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
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Date accessed: 25th April 2024
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