Wrea Green

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Map sources for Wrea Green at grid reference SD397315

Wrea Green is a village in the Fylde borough of Lancashire. It lies about 2 miles west of Kirkham.

Wrea Green has approximately 1600 residents living in it and many of its residents commute daily to the neighbouring Warton Aerodrome 2 miles away, which is a major local employer. Uniquely for the Fylde Coast, Wrea Green, as described by its name, surrounds a large common land space at one side of which is a Duck Pond, commonly known as 'The Dub'.

Contents 1 History 2 Local Businesses 3 Field Day 4 The Primary School 5 Twin Towns

[edit] History

The village of Wrea Green has been around for a lot longer than most people would realise. Going back to before the Doomsday book, the village was there, but with the name of Ricksby. The name was changed along the way to Rigbi (as noted in the Doomsday book).The name of the village eventually,through mis-spellings, became Wray. It was eventually realised that there was already a Wray in the county of Lancaster and so, the spelling of the village name was changed to Wrea. It was subsequently realised that the village had the largest village green in the county and so, as a result, the name "Wrea Green" was born.

[edit] Local Businesses

In Wrea Green, there are quite a few small businesses/eating places. Some of these are:

• Spar / Post Office
• Dizzy Ducks Cafe
• Thai Restaurant
• The Villa (pub, restaurant and hotel)
• The Grapes (pub)
• Private Dentist Surgery
• Daju Hair Salon

What people seem to be unaware of is that one of Wrea Green's most famous previous inhabitants was none other than the much revered Jodie kelsall...I don't know how to put this, but she's kind of a big deal, people know her.

[edit] Field Day

Wrea Green Field Day, or Club Day, is a large festival held in Wrea Green including a fancy-dress parade, special event, a three-day visit by a large travelling fair and special stalls on the village Green. Local children/teenagers are involved in the parade around the Green and the highlight of the day is the de-crowning of the previous Queen, the "Retiring Queen" (from the year before) and the crowning of a new Queen, the "Rose Queen". People with some local promenence usually crown the Queens, for example, the head teacher of the primary school in 2006 etc.

[edit] The Primary School

The school - Ribby-with-Wrea Endowed C.E. - was founded by James Thistleton in 1693. A second school was founded by Nicolas Sharples in 1715. The two trusts were united in 1750. It moved to the current site in 1845, when the church - St Nicolas's - replaced the Sharples school. The oldest part of the present school building dates from 1898.

[edit] Twin Towns

• - Saint-Bris-le-Vineux

Wrea Green has been twinned (since November 2005) with the small, picturesque village of Saint-Bris-le-Vineux, in Burgundy, France. A delegation of Wrea Green residents travelled to St Bris in November 2005 to make the twinning official, but the first large exchange came when 43 French came to stay in Wrea Green for the Easter weekend 2006.