15-527: Westby may refer to: England Westby, Lancashire Westby, Lincolnshire U.S.A. Westby, Montana Westby, North Dakota Westby, Wisconsin Australia Westby, New South Wales [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical locations with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
30-477: A hospital which opened in 1902 as the Fylde Isolation Hospital (later known as Moss Side Hospital) for people with infectious diseases. The hospital closed in 1988 due to being surplus to requirements as well as changes in medical practice and was demolished to make way for new houses. There was also a small Wesleyan chapel on Lytham Road during the early 20th Century. Peel is a small settlement on
45-517: A procession of British work horses being unloaded and whipped for four miles to slaughter in Belgium. The Irish branch was founded in 1928 by Eleanor Whitton . In 1937 after political lobbying by the charity, the Exportation of Horses Act was introduced to protect the welfare of horses destined for the slaughterhouses of Europe. This introduced the concept of 'Minimum Values', which effectively stops
60-555: Is a civil parish in Lancashire , England . The parish is in Fylde district and contains the hamlets of Great Plumpton , Little Plumpton , Lower Ballam , Higher Ballam , Moss Side , Peel , and Westby . At the 2011 census , the parish had a population of 1,205. Westby and Plumpton are mentioned in the Domesday Book , as "Westbi" and "Pluntun". Westby-with-Plumptons is part of
75-576: Is a registered charity in the United Kingdom that was previously named the International League for the Protection of Horses. Anne, Princess Royal is its patron. International League for the Protection of Horses was founded in 1927 as a campaigning organisation to prevent the export of live British horses for slaughter. The charity's founder, Ada Cole , was spurred into action after witnessing
90-465: Is also nearby. Further afield, there are several caravan parks (Pipers Height and Clifton Fields Caravan Park) situated on Peel Road. Ballam is a small hamlet in between Moss Side, Peel and Lytham, consisting of a small number of dwellings, a few farms and a small church which was previously the village school. Westby is another small hamlet, towards the north of the parish, located in between Wrea Green and Ballam, just south of Preston New Road. Westby
105-562: Is notable for the Catholic church of St. Anne's, designed by E. W. Pugin and built in 1860. The exterior is plain, in contrast to the highly-decorated interior which has an elaborate timber roof. There are two important stained glass windows, a " St Cecilia " and the "Millennium" window. Cuadrilla Resources undertook its first, and to date, only, high-volume hydraulic fracturing job near Westby in 2011. Cuadrilla halted operations in May 2011 at
120-453: The Warton and Westby ward, represented by three councillors on Fylde Borough Council . On Lancashire County Council it is part of Fylde West ward, which elects one councillor. The parish is generally low-lying, with arable land in the south and pasture in the north, which rises to 100 feet (30 m) above sea level at Great Plumpton in the north-east of the parish. The parish is now
135-535: The export of live horses for slaughter from Great Britain. The charity opened its first horse rehabilitation centre in Britain, in 1949, and started its first international training course in Morocco in 1985. In 2008, the organisation was renamed to World Horse Welfare. World Horse Welfare works in the United Kingdom in recovering, rehabilitating and rehoming horses. The charity has 16 full-time field officers based around
150-429: The government, financially compensated the local community for the disruption. A community fund of £100,000 was created, and additionally households within 1 km will receive about £2,070 and others within 1.5 kilometres will receive about £150. The cost of Lancashire Constabulary policing the site, since January 2017, was estimated to have been between £6m and £8m. World Horse Welfare World Horse Welfare
165-482: The hamlet with Moss Side railway station being located where the railway crosses Lytham Road at a level crossing. The station first opened in 1846, closed in 1961 and was re-opened in 1983. The station in the past had a stationmaster's house and signal box, both of which have been demolished. It is also close to where the Moss Side rail crash occurred in 1924 which claimed the lives of 14 people. Moss Side used to have
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#1732880422251180-473: The home of the steel farm-building construction company J. Wareing & Son (Wrea Green) Ltd. which was for many years based in the neighbouring village of Wrea Green . Moss Side (Grid Reference SD379302) is located in the south of the parish in between Wrea Green and Lytham with the B5259 road (Lytham Road) being the main road running through the hamlet. The railway from Preston to Blackpool South runs through
195-399: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Westby&oldid=541347558 " Category : Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Westby, Lancashire Westby-with-Plumptons
210-485: The outskirts of Blackpool, featuring Whitehills Business Park which includes several car dealerships, a B&Q store and a Premier Inn. A business park has increased in size over the years to include a variety of small businesses from lawnmower repairs, a print and design company and BMW servicing to larger concerns such as a renewable energy company and building merchants. Local theatrical group Junction 4 Productions has its home here and Penny Farm run by World Horse Welfare
225-502: The site due to seismic activity damaging the casing in the production zone. In June 2015, Lancashire County Council turned down an application by Cuadrilla to extract shale gas by means of fracking at a site at Little Plumpton. This was overturned on appeal in 2016 and the council's own appeal to the Court of Appeal was lost in January 2018. In November 2017 Cuadrilla, in agreement with
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