Ince Blundell

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Ince Blundell is a village to the north of Liverpool, England, on the A565. Ince Blundell is probably the oldest settlement within the borough of Seftons.There are two associated hamlets of Lady Green and Carr Houses.

1 History
2 Today
3 Statues
4 Ghosts
5 External links

[edit] History

The name Ince comes from Hinne a celtic word meaning island. This name bears evidence to Ince lying on a sandy ridge in the Alt valley a place that in the past had been marsh.

Built in 1720 Ince Blundell Hall was the home of the Blundells of Ince, who became the Weld-Blundells until 1959. It is now a nursing home run by the Canonesses of Saint Augustine.

On one local History Group outing we found from a Liverpool historian that one footpath may have been unchanged for around one thousand years.

[edit] Today

The local Pubs are called the Weld Blundell and the Red Squirrel - named after the Red Squirrel reserve just down the road in Formby. Billy walker was the main chef at the red squirrel, who later went on to be famous in the priory in Litherland. The two pubs are on the A565. A residents village pub is built onto the Village Hall. This year Ince Blundell has entered the Village in Bloom competition with a great turnout by many residents in improving the villages appearance by placing big orange tractor wheels with flowers in. The History Group has had many successful excursions with more to come this year. Two garden centres make their home here.

[edit] Statues

Perhaps the real fame of the house is the collection of statues from ancient Greece and Rome, collected by the famous Blundell family.

Finding out where these all are now, what was collected and the ideas behind them, makes for much interesting activity Some are in Liverpool in either the museum or the gallery, where can be found two from Hadrian's Villa at Tivoli.

[edit] Ghosts

Ince Woods, through which the A565 passes, is said to be haunted by the ghost of a woman killed nearby, the ghost is known as the Grey Lady, If you drive through the woods at midnight on a certain night of the year, she will appear in the road, outside a large round house, forcing the driver to crash their car. As with most legends of this type, it's probably nothing more than playground gossip.^{[citation needed]}