been the largest settlement in Deerhurst parish, but the only parish church was St Mary's Priory Church, Deerhurst. In the 18th century a Moravian congregation was established in Apperley, and in 1750 a red-brick chapel was built for it in School Road. By 1792 the Moravian congregation had ceased to use the chapel, but by 1799 another congregation, possibly Methodist, was worshipping there. A Wesleyan Methodist congregation had formed in Apperley in the 18th century, and bought the former Moravian chapel in 1845 or 1846. In 1856 the Church of England finally had a church built in Apperley. Holy Trinity parish church is a Romanesque Revival building in red brick designed by Francis Penrose. In 1890 Penrose added a west tower incorporating a porch, and an eastern apse for the chancel. In 1904 the Wesleyan Methodists had a larger chapel built next to the old one in School Road. It is a Gothic Revival building in red brick. The Wesleyans turned the old Moravian chapel into a school room. It is now a store house. School Apperley has a Church of England primary school. A National School was built in Apperley in 1858. In 1923 it was closed and its pupils were transferred to Deerhurst. But the old school building at Deerhurst has since been closed and the school moved to Apperley. Cricket club Apperley has a cricket club that reached the final of the National Village Cricket Championship in 1998. The England cricketer Alfred Dipper (1885–1945) was born in Apperley. References Further reading External links Apperley and Deerhurst Apperley Cricket Club Villages in Gloucestershire Borough of Tewkesbury