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December 2011

A new book with a connection to Appleby: Joyce Lewis of Mancetter is a fictionalised account of the life of Joyce de Appleby (later Lewis), written by Pat Cunningham. Details here

Some lovely drawings by artist Frey Micklethwait have been added to Alan Robert's article A 16th Century Scandal

The history of the Black Horse in the 20th century is covered in Allan Condie's new article Alterations to the Black Horse on the History site

November

A revised and extended chapter in the Appleby in Focus series has been published in our history site: In Focus 5: A Planned Village about the early development of Appleby Magna

Winning entries from our summer photo competition Village Life are published

A revised version of Allan Condie's article on the history of public transport in Appleby has been published

October

Parish Council meeting dates for 2012 are published

The new refuse and recycling timetable is published

August

The Film Society's programme for the new season, starting 9th September, is now published in our Village Groups section

June

Appleby Occupations in 1911: a summary of the occupations listed on the 1911 census, showing how residents made their livings in the early part of the 20th century

The final census transcript, for 1911, has been added to the set on the history site

May

Winning pictures in the wildlife photography competition are published

A further village census transcript is added to the history site -1841. We now have census transcriptions for 1841 to 1901 and a summary of the 1911 census.

April

Memories of shopping in Appleby in the early 1950s: a new article by Walter Ellis on the history site

Classified adverts have been updated - new adverts include a plasterer, dog grooming and a chimney sweep. Support local businesses!

An updated version of Chapter 4 of Richard Dunmore's Appleby in Focus series has been published on the history web

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Black Horse Renovation

Everyone in the village is having to cope with the closure of Mawby's Lane while repairs are carried out to the Black Horse Inn. There are pictures of the renovations on the village Facebook page. Read more about the renovation here.

Remember Last Year?


Picture taken last winter by Marjorie Colver - click for larger view

There are more pictures of Appleby in our Photo Galleries, and in our Photography Competitions pages.

Bin Day timetable (and other useful information)

Don't forget the bin men are coming on Thursdays now. Details of this and other services to the village (including emergency numbers, mobile library times and public transport) can all be found from our Services page.

Appleby Achieves!

Rural Community CouncilAppleby has had great success in the Leicestershire Village Achievement awards, run by the Rural Community Council. Appleby Environment's Thermal Imaging project won the main prize in the Cleaner Greener Village category, and there were gold and silver awards for the Sir John Moore Foundation in the Community Hall and Community categories. Full details here.

MP Constituency Changes?

The review of English parliamentary boundaries has been launched. It is proposed that the constituency of North West Leicestershire disappears and Appleby goes into a new constituency with Ashby and Market Bosworth. Coalville is in a separate, oddly shaped constituency with Castle Donington, Kegworth and parts of southern Nottinghamshire. That doesn't mean the District Council changes. The MP's constituency area would no longer be the same as the District Council's area.

It's just a consultation at this stage. For more details see the Boundary Commission's web site, and our proposed new constituency is in a pdf document here.

Appleby Census Information

We've added the final available census, 1911, to the set of transcripts of census data on the village history site. Chris Bee has worked tirelessly copying the text from the handwritten documents. Together with Richard Dunmore's analysis of the 1841 census in his In Focus series, the set provides researchers of Appleby families with a fantastic, comprehensive resource. Does any other village have as much family history information available as we do?

Domesday Reloaded

Appleby's section from the 1986 survey of the UK. This BBC site has contributions, mostly from school children at the time.

A Son of the Rectory - Now Available in Print

A Son of the RectoryIn October we published a new extended digital edition of Aubrey Moore's A Son of the Rectory, which gives an account of Aubrey's life growing up in the Old Rectory in the early 20th Century and describes the village, its people, its buildings and everyday life of the time. First published in 1982, and long out of print, we added previously unpublished material and an extra chapter by Aubrey's son, Peter Moore. 

For those who still prefer 'real' books we can now offer printed copies: softback with comb-binding for £10.50 plus p&p and hardback for £25 plus p&p. If you would like to order one please contact Sonia, tel: 272327, email sonia @ applebymagna.org.uk, 14 Top Street.

Local Community Forum - Have Your Say

Community Forum LogoCommunity forums are for people to raise and discuss local issues with policymakers from the councils, police and health services. Appleby is part of the Ashby, Measham and Moira Community Forum which meets quarterly. Anyone can go along to these meetings to raise questions, or you can raise issues through the web site.
Community forum web site - Agenda of last meeting (pdf file)


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Appleby Magna website is run by Information Byway, a not-for-profit organisation, and is maintained by volunteers. Since 1998 the site has published regular news about the village and put together extensive information about its history.

We welcome contributions, but are unable to answer individual questions relating to family history. You can use the Appleby Discussion Board, which has been operating for some time as a Family History information board. Here you can ask questions or discuss any aspect of Appleby Magna's society or history, so if you haven't seen it already do have a look at it

To contact us email website @ applebymagna.org.uk or use the Comments Form

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