Appleby Parva
Coordinates: 52°40′36″N 1°32′43″W / 52.676629°N 1.545231°W
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 Appleby Parva
Appleby Parva shown within Leicestershire |
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| OS grid reference | SK 31443 09675 |
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| - London | 163 km |
| Civil parish | Appleby Magna |
| District | North West Leicestershire |
| Shire county | Leicestershire |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | SWADLINCOTE |
| Postcode district | DE12 |
| Dialling code | 01530 |
| Police | Leicestershire |
| Fire | Leicestershire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| EU Parliament | East Midlands |
| List of places: UK • England • Leicestershire | |
Appleby Parva, or Little Appleby (Known locally as Over-Town), part of the parish of Appleby Magna in Leicestershire, is a hamlet about a mile south of Appleby church at the crossroads of the highways from Ashby de la Zouch to Tamworth and from Atherstone to Burton upon Trent.
The village was also calculated to be the centre of population of Great Britain in 2000, according to research by Professor Danny Dorling.[1][2]
[edit] History
Appleby Magna is recorded as a separate manor and being in the county of Derbyshire in Domesday[3].
The late medieval settlement pattern has been largely obliterated by eighteenth-century alterations to the highway. Its most prominent historical site is the grammar school built in 1697 by Sir John Moore, lord mayor of London. It was designed and constructed by William Wilson[4].
[edit] References
- ^ "News Item:". University of Leeds. http://wwwnotes2.leeds.ac.uk/cuttings.nsf/ca19a58d66951b21802570980070beb6/6e35c8489160f26880256b5a004ef41d?OpenDocument. Retrieved 2007-11-25.
- ^ "Population Centre". Appleby Magna & Appleby Parva. Archived from the original on November 23, 2007. http://web.archive.org/web/20071123015253/http://www.applebymagna.org.uk/population_centre.htm. Retrieved 2007-11-25.
- ^ Domesday Book: A Complete Translation. London: Penguin, 2003. ISBN 0-14-143994-7 p.1306
- ^ Richard Dunmore, This Noble Foundation. A History of the Sir John Moore School at Appleby Magna in Leicestershire (1992)
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