Appleby-in-Westmorland

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Appleby-in-Westmorland is a market town and civil parish in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England. Crossed by the River Eden, it lies 14 miles (23 km) south-east of Penrith, 32 miles (51 km) south-east of Carlisle, 27 miles (43 km) north-east of Kendal and 45 miles (72 km) west of Darlington. It had a population of 3,228 at the 2021 Census. Appleby is the county town of the historic county of Westmorland. It was known just as Appleby until 1974–1976, when the council of the successor parish to the borough changed it to retain the name Westmorland, which was abolished as an administrative area under the Local Government Act 1972, before being revived as Westmorland and Furness in 2023.

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