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==History==
Appleby Parva is originally believed to be a Danish settlement, whilst [[Appleby Magna]] is believed to be an earlier settlement pre-dating the Anglo-Saxons.<ref>
Appleby appears three times in the [[Domesday Book]], with [[Appleby Magna]] (listed as Aplebi and Apleby) and Appleby Parva (listed as Apleberie) recorded separately.<ref> name="applebymagna" </ref> [[Appleby Magna]] is listed as partly in [[Derbyshire]] and partly in [[Leicestershire]], where Appleby Parva is listed as being in [[Leicestershire]]<ref name="domesdaymap">{{cite web |url=http://domesdaymap.co.uk/place/SK3008/appleby-parva/ |title=Domesday Book |accessdate=2013-02-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130526063145/http://domesdaymap.co.uk/place/SK3008/appleby-parva/ |archive-date=26 May 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
Both have shifted across the borders several times but have been part of [[Leicestershire]] since 1897.<ref name="applebymagna_a">{{cite web
Appleby Parva is listed in the [[Doomsday Book]] as under the lordship of [[Robert de Ferrers, 1st Earl of Derby]], who held it under his father [[Henry de Ferrers]], a French Nobleman and companion of [[William the Conqueror|William I]].<ref name="applebymagna" /> The Hamlet is valued at £0.5, with a taxable value of 1 Geld Unit, and a population of 4 households and 4 freeman.<ref name="domesdaymap" />
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===Post 1600===
The land of the hamlet was then leased to farmers until in the 1600s, the Manor of Appleby Parva was purchased by the Moore Family.<ref name="applebymagna" /><ref name="applebymagna_a" /> The family held no formal titles, but were known locally as Squires.<ref name="applebymagna_a" /> The most famous member of the family was [[John Moore (Lord Mayor)|Sir John Moore]]. As second (and thus non-inheriting) son, he went to London to make his own fortune, becoming a merchant, an MP, and later Lord Mayor and Alderman of London.<ref name=DNBold>{{cite DNB|wstitle=Moore, John (1620-1702)|volume=38|pages=358-9}}</ref> He contributed large sums to the erection of schools at [[Christ's Hospital]], and founded a free grammar school in [[Appleby Magna]], now called [[Sir John Moore Church of England Primary School]]. He died aged 81, on 2 June 1702, leaving his estates, worth £80,000 (£6,247,200 today<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/currency-converter/|title=The National Archives - Currency converter: 1270–2017|first=The National|last=Archives|website=Currency converter|access-date=10 August 2021|archive-date=3 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210803131739/https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/currency-converter/|url-status=live}}</ref>), to his two nephews living in Appleby Parva.<ref name="DNBold" />
The family came to own much of the land in the Parish of [[Appleby Magna]], as well as [[Snarestone|Snarestone Lodge]] in a neighbouring village, [[Kentwell Hall]] in Suffolk and land in (and the Lordship of) [[Bentley, Warwickshire]].<ref name="applebymagna_b">{{cite web
The direct line of the Moores as lords of the manor failed three times, and the family were not in constant occupation.<ref name="applebymagna_b" />
The land of the hamlet enclosed by the Moores in the 18th Century.<ref name="applebymagna_b" />
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New carriage ways were built, as were gatehouses (which still exist today).<ref name="applebymagna_b" />
By the 1880s the Moores family's fortunes had turned: The Agricultural slump caused revenues to fall sharply.<ref name="applebymagna_c">{{cite web
The estate ran to 4,500 acres and included land in many of the neighbouring villages; however, attempts to sell failed.<ref name="applebymagna_c" /> Several farms were auctioned in 1888 and 1889.<ref name="applebymagna_c" />
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