Appleby-in-westmorland
Appleby-in-Westmorland is a market town and civil parish in the Eden district, in the administrative area of Cumbria, in North West England. The parish had a populace of 3,048 in 2011. It depends on a loop of the River Eden in the historic region of Westmorland, of which it was the county town. Its name was just Appleby up until the local government modifications of 1974. When a successor church was formed from the previous borough, the council changed its name to record that of the historical county. Appleby is 13.7 mi (22 kilometres) southern east of Penrith, 32.2 mi (52 kilometres) southern eastern of Carlisle, 27.2 mi (44 km) north east of Kendal, 45.2 mi (73 km) west of Darlington, as well as 61.2 mi (98 kilometres) west of Middlesbrough. Appleby is overlooked by the privately had Appleby Castle, a mostly Norman framework that served as house for Woman Anne Clifford in the 17th century. Appleby's main sector is tourism, as a result of its history, remote area, surroundings and distance to the Lake Area, the North Pennines, Swaledale and Howgill Fells. From 1973, Appleby Castle was the head office of Ferguson Industrial Holdings Plc. WA Dope Limited, currently Stobart Rail Limited, was long based in Appleby as a civil design firm established by Andrew Tinkler and William Stobart and being experts in railway upkeep.