Welcome to the Appleby-In-Westmorland Society. The Society was formed in 1990 and has, since then, been concerned with matters which affect the town, the surrounding area and the people. Its aims include the promotion of high standards of planning and architecture, the preservation of features of historic interest and the stimulation of interest in the geography, history and architecture of the area.
Lt F T Balmer’s Cigarette Case
11th September 2016
Lt F T Balmer’s cigarette case has landed. We hope to display it in the TIC in October. I made a mistake in my last post: it was the SON of Lt Fred Balmer who was involved with the re-naming of t…[READ MORE]
MESSAGE FROM DOWN UNDER
7th August 2016
Thanks to this website a descendant of Fred Balmer,now living in New Zealand, has contacted us. On retiring from Appleby Fire Brigade he was presented with an inscribed silver cigarette case, “PRES…[READ MORE]
AN AWFUL WARNING
7th August 2016
Have just seen in the August newsletter of the Cumbria Family History Society that the Whitehaven and District Local History Society has folded. We must not let this happen to the Appleby-in-Westmorl…[READ MORE]
Appleby Quiz No.3
7th August 2016
Where is this? Answer to Appleby quiz 2: This is on a house wall in Shaw’s Wiend, opposite a castle lodge and is a pub sign - “The Ship”. In 1854 it was “The Gardeners’ Arms” …[READ MORE]
Appleby Men Enlist - New Figure
11th September 2016
The post Appleby goes to War listed 29 men who left home in 1914 to fight. Others were swift to follow them. By the end of 1915 all the men named on this list had volunteered…[READ MORE]
Appleby Goes to War
25th August 2016
Summoned by messages delivered by motor bike, bike and on foot the 29 men of the Appleby contingent of the 2nd Border Regiment reported to the Armoury early on the morning of 5th August 1914.…[READ MORE]
The Home Front in Appleby 1914 - 1918
31st July 2016
We’ve all been so busy thinking about the lads who got called up, the dangers they faced the deaths they died that it’s easy to forget about their friends and families at home. Thanks to the persistence of one family in collecting newspaper reports ( from the 1870’s onwards) referring to their home town we have a weekly record of local events. …[READ MORE]
