Ribby-with-Wrea
Civil parish in Fylde, England
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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 | |
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Civil parish | |
The Dub at Wrea Green | |
  Ribby-with-Wrea Shown within Fylde Borough  Ribby-with-Wrea Shown on the Fylde  Ribby-with-Wrea Shown within Lancashire | |
| Coordinates: 53.775°N 2.919°W | |
| 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 |
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]
