Ribby-with-Wrea

Ribby-with-Wrea is a civil parish just west of Kirkham, in the Borough of Fylde and ceremonial county of Lancashire, England. It had a population of 1,489 in 2001,^[1] reducing to 1,373 at the 2011 Census.^[2] The parish includes Ribby Hall and the village of Wrea Green.

Ribby-with-Wrea
Civil parish
The Dub at Wrea Green
Ribby-with-Wrea Shown within Fylde Borough Show map of the Borough of Fylde Ribby-with-Wrea Shown on the Fylde Show map of the Fylde Ribby-with-Wrea Shown within Lancashire Show map of Lancashire
Coordinates: 53.775°N 2.919°W / 53.775; -2.919
Country	England
Primary council	Fylde
County	Lancashire
Region	North West
Status	Parish
Main settlements	Ribby, Wrea Green
Government
• UK Parliament	Fylde
Population  (2011)[1]
• Total	1,373
Website	www.ribbywithwreaparishcouncil.co.uk

For local government purposes, the parish forms part of Wrea Green with Westby ward. For Westminster elections it is part of the Fylde constituency.^[3]

Ribby Hall

Joseph Hornby, a Kirkham merchant, bought Ribby manor in the north-east of the parish from his uncle Richard Hornby,^[4] and built a mansion called Ribby Hall in the 1790s.^[5] The stuccoed two-storey house has three full-height semicircular bay windows; its north (entrance) front and east (garden) front have seven bays, and a further three-bay wing completes the U-shaped plan. There are various later extensions to the west. The house was designated as Grade II listed in 1967.^[6] The grounds have mature woodland and an ornamental pond.^[7]

William Duckworth leased the house from the Hornby family in 1904, then bought the house and grounds in 1916. Profits from his Manchester company Duckworth & Co. (maker of supplies for food and drink manufacturers) enabled him to refurbish the house and redesign the gardens. After the Duckworth family left the property, the hall was used by a school for the deaf until 1969, and for much of the 1970s the grounds were the home of the Royal Lancashire Show. The house was divided into flats in 1982.^[8]

The 100-acre (40 ha) site was then used as a caravan park until it was bought in a derelict state by the Harrison family in 1994. Planning permission was granted for 175 cottages, 350 holiday homes and a hotel, and the site – known as Ribby Hall Village – has been further developed, adding holiday lodges and a second hotel with a health club. In 2019, the site employed 600 people.^[9]

See also

• Listed buildings in Ribby-with-Wrea

References

1. Office for National Statistics : Census 2001 : parish Headcounts : Fylde Retrieved 9 February 2010
2. "Ward/parish population 2011". Retrieved 4 June 2015.
3. "Election Maps: Great Britain". Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
4. "Townships: Ribby-with-Wrea," in A History of the County of Lancaster: Volume 7, ed. William Farrer and J Brownbill (London: Victoria County History, 1912), 157-158. via British History Online, accessed 23 July 2023.
5. Baines, E. (1836). History of the County Palatine and Duchy of Lancaster. Vol. 4. Fisher, Son & Company. p. 398.
6. Historic England. "Ribby Hall (1164169)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
7. "Ribby Hall". Parks & Gardens. 31 December 1785. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
8. "The history of Ribby Hall in Wrea Green". Great British Life (Lancashire Life). 7 March 2015. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
9. "Ribby Hall Village celebrates 25 years". Marketing Lancashire. 3 April 2019. Retrieved 23 July 2023.

External links

Media related to Ribby-with-Wrea at Wikimedia Commons

• Ribby with Wrea Parish Council