The Town Council has been in existence since 1974 when the time of the boundary changes by the Government brought about the county of Cumbria. Prior to this, the Council was a Municipal Borough Council and Appleby was the
ancient county town of Westmorland. The Council is made up of a maximum of 16 Councillors from whom the Town Mayor is chosen yearly. The Moot Hall was built, we believe, somewhere around the end of the sixteenth century as a council chamber. The Town received its first charter in 1179 from King Henry II.
Moot Hall, Appleby-in-Westmorland, Cumbria CA16 6XE England
017683 51177
To arrange a visit to the Moot Hall please contact Appleby Tourist Information Centre on 017683 51177 or Stan Rooke on 017683 52864. Please give at least 5 days notice for arrangements to be made.
Artworks
Appleby Grammar SchoolS. A. Leman
Appleby-in-Westmorland Moot Hall
Robert AddisonJasper Ward
Appleby-in-Westmorland Moot Hall
Right Honourable William (1757–1844), Lord Viscount Lowther, Mayor (1816–1817) unknown artist
Appleby-in-Westmorland Moot Hall
Portrait of a GentlemanGodfried Schalcken (1643–1706)
