Winmarleigh

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{{infobox UK place

|country = England

|static_image_name = Winmarleigh Church - geograph.org.uk - 1375497.jpg

|static_image_caption = St Luke's Church, Winmarleigh

|coordinates = {{coord|53.923|-2.808|display=inline,title}}

|official_name = Winmarleigh

|population = 273

|population_ref = (2011)

|civil_parish = Winmarleigh

|shire_district = Wyre

|shire_county = Lancashire

|region = North West England

|constituency_westminster = Lancaster and Fleetwood

|post_town = PRESTON

|postcode_district = PR3

|postcode_area = PR

|dial_code = 01995

|os_grid_reference = SD467447

|website = [http://www.lancashireparishcouncils.gov.uk/parishes/parish_display.asp?parishid=10 Winmarleigh Parish Council]

|pushpin_map = United Kingdom Borough of Wyre

|pushpin_map_caption = Shown within Wyre Borough

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Winmarleigh is a village and civil parish of the Borough of Wyre in Lancashire, England. The population taken at the 2011 census was 273.{{NOMIS2011|id=E04005339|title=Winmarleigh Parish|access-date=27 March 2021}} The village, which is north-west of Garstang, has an agricultural college, and the Duchy of Lancaster has an estate here. This includes the local pub, the Patten Arms. It is home to the great manor of Winmarleigh Hall. Constructed to the order of the Duchy of Lancaster, it was given to the first Lord Winmarleigh. Since then the house has been donated to NST Travel Group, who have turned the grounds into an outdoor education programme for schools across the country.{{cite web|url=http://www.wyrebc.gov.uk/Council_Services/Tourist_Information/History_of_Wyre/Winmarleigh.asp |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050312072916/http://www.wyrebc.gov.uk/Council_Services/Tourist_Information/History_of_Wyre/Winmarleigh.asp |archive-date= 2005-03-12 |publisher= Wyre Borough Council |title= Winmarleigh History |date=7 May 2016}}

Winmarleigh railway station opened in 1870 on the Garstang and Knot-End Railway. It was renamed Nateby railway station in 1902 and closed in 1930.{{Butt-Stations}}

The school and school house, which date from 1870, were designed by Lancaster architects Paley and Austin.{{Cite book | last = Price| first = James| year = 1998| title = Sharpe, Paley and Austin: A Lancaster Architectural Practice 1836–1942| publication-place = Lancaster| publisher = Centre for North-West Regional Studies| isbn = 1-86220-054-8 | page=89}}

Estate

The Winmarleigh Estate is an estate of the Duchy of Lancaster holding as part of The Lancashire Survey.{{cite news|last1=Unger|first1=Paul|title=Duchy courage|url=http://www.propertyweek.com/duchy-courage/3142278.article|access-date=31 August 2014|work=Property Week|date=5 June 2009}} The estate holds ownership to the Patten Arms pub.{{cite news|title=Duchy land farm sell-off|url=http://www.garstangcourier.co.uk/news/local/duchy-land-farm-sell-off-1-3236795|access-date=31 August 2014|work=Garstang Courier|date=31 March 2011}}

In March 2011, ten estate farms were offered to the tenant farmers for purchase as a part of a Duchy re-balancing asset plan to reduce its rural assets. Six of the farms were close to closing by June 2012 to their tenant farmers while New Hall Farm's tenant wished to retire. Also a portion of the estate was transferred to the Village Hall Committee as it's adjacent to the Hall and is used for recreation.{{cite web|title=The Duchy nears completion of Winmarleigh sales|url=http://www.duchyoflancaster.co.uk/2012/06/21/1219/|website=Duchy of Lancaster|access-date=31 August 2014|date=21 June 2012}}

See also

{{portal|Lancashire}}

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