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
The Dub at Wrea Green
Ribby-with-Wrea is located in the Borough of Fylde
Ribby-with-Wrea
Ribby-with-Wrea
Shown within Fylde Borough
Ribby-with-Wrea is located in the Fylde
Ribby-with-Wrea
Ribby-with-Wrea
Shown on the Fylde
Ribby-with-Wrea is located in Lancashire
Ribby-with-Wrea
Ribby-with-Wrea
Shown within Lancashire
Coordinates: 53.775°N 2.919°W / 53.775; -2.919
CountryEngland
Primary councilFylde
CountyLancashire
RegionNorth West
StatusParish
Main settlementsRibby, Wrea Green
Government
 • UK ParliamentFylde
Population
 (2011)[1]
 • Total1,373
Websitewww.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

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. 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. 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.

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