"I've been asked to tell you that we all have to fill in a census return."
This peaked at 276 in the census return of 1861.
Census returns for 1901 and 1911 show a population boom from about 300 to 600.
The census returns make fascinating little studies in social history.
The census returns of 1911 for all 32 counties are available online.
Public access to the census returns is restricted under the terms of the 100-year rule.
The 2006 census returns showed a population of 41,464.
A total of 342 people were prosecuted for not completing their census returns.
In the 2001 census return, there were 2,105 people in the parish.
Appleby population in the 2001 census returns is shown as 597.