Appleby Magna is a village and civil parish in the North West Leicestershire district of Leicestershire, England. The parish of Appleby Magna actually includes the village of Appleby Parva as well as Appleby Magna. In England a civil parish (usually just parish) is the smallest unit of local government. ... North West Leicestershire is a local government district in Leicestershire, England. ... Leicestershire (abbreviated Leics) is a landlocked county in central England. ... Wikimedia Commons has media related to: England Travel guide to England from Wikitravel English language English law English (people) List of monarchs of England – Kings of England family tree List of English people Angeln (region in northern Germany, presumably the origin of the Angles for whom England is named) UK...
Appleby is just outside the Leicestershire and South Derbyshire coalfield, which has had such a dominant effect on the culture and architecture of mining settlements to the north and east.
The countryside to the west and north of ApplebyMagna is particularly important as a buffer zone protecting the village’s rural character from the intrusive nature of the motorway and major roads.
ApplebyMagna’s essential settlement pattern, of a compact village nestling in the bottom of a valley, and its old road network should be respected as part of village heritage.
Appleby Parva is wholly in Leicestershire, and lies south of ApplebyMagna, which is mostly in Derbyshire, but the parish church is in Leicestershire.
The counties of Leicester and Derby unite with those of Stafford and Warwick at the western extremity of this parish, which is skirted on the east by the river Mease and the Ashby Canal." White's History, Gazetteer and Directory of the Counties of Leicester and Rutland.
The workhouse, on the Derby Road in Ashby de la Zouch, was purchased by the Union in 1836 and subsequently enlarged.
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