Appleby Magna was partially in Derbyshire and partially in Leicestershire until 1897, when the county boundary was moved and the whole of the parish became part of Leicestershire. Although a small village, it had a large and wealthy endowed school, which would have attracted boarders from a wide area. Norton-juxta-Twycross is two miles south of … Continue reading Protestant nonconformity in Appleby Magna, Norton-juxta-Twycross and Bilstone