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3 unusual facts about Village green


King's Stairs Gardens

The park was given Village Green status in March 2012 by Southwark Council under the Commons Act 2006, a move which campaigners hope will thwart any future development.

Village green

Zuidlaren is the village with the largest number of village greens in the Netherlands.

Town expansion in the mid-20th century led in England to the formation of local conservation societies, often centreing on village green preservation, as celebrated and parodied in The Kinks' album The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society.


Cramble Cross

It begins near the village green in North Cowton and ends on the back road between Dalton Gates and Moulton village.

Ítalo Piaggi

In 1986, he wrote the book Ganso Verde (a calque of "Goose Green", using the colour green to translate Village Green), where he makes a strong defence of his decisions during the war and criticises the lack of logistical support from the Argentine commander-in-chief in Stanley.

Trowell

Conveniently close to the geographical centre of England, the village was found to be far from the a chocolate box idyll: there was no village green, and its three public houses had closed.


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Abbots Bromley

It begins in the morning on the village green and passes to Blithfield Hall, returning to the village in the early afternoon with the dancers then making their way around the pubs and houses, eventually finishing with a service of Compline at the church.

Airton

There is still a Quaker meeting house, a squatter's cottage on the village green and an old mill on the River Aire from which the village is named.

Desperate Dan

# A reference in Ray Davies' song Village Green Preservation Society on the 1968 The Kinks album The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society.

Duleek

The village’s four crosses and the lime tree on the village green are reminders of Duleek’s links to the struggle between William and James and to wider European unrest at the time of Louis XIV of France.

Edge End, Gloucestershire

From the village green, perched 600 ft above sea level, on a fine day you can see north for up to 50 miles or so into Shropshire, whilst the counties of Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Monmouthshire, Worcestershire and the Brecon Beacons are also visible.

Engineer boot

Billy Joel refers to the popularity of the Engineer Boot in 50's and 60's Greaser culture in his song "Scenes from an Italian Restaurant" with the line "I remember those days hanging out/At the village green/Engineer boots, leather jackets/And tight blue jeans"

Forever Green

The village of Nether Winchendon, with its distinctive cylindrical stone pillar box on the village green, is seen briefly in episodes 1 and 2 of series 1, as Jack rides home on his motorbike after giving up his job in London, and as he and Geoff Bate discuss a classic car that they are going to view.

Glasshouses

May day is celebrated every year with traditional May Pole dancing and the crowning of the 'May Queen' on the village green.

Hurworth-on-Tees

Three dips in the village green mark the site where as many as 1,500 people were buried in massive lime pits.

Kate Rusby

In the same year her cover of The Kinks' "The Village Green Preservation Society" was used as the theme tune to the BBC One television sitcom Jam & Jerusalem.

Killeigh

It is the birthplace of famous racing greyhound Mick the Miller, a statue has been placed on the village green to commemorate him.

Long Sutton, Somerset

The village of Long Sutton has a village green with a lime tree at each corner and a chestnut tree in the centre.

Low Moor, Bradford

It (very roughly) covers the area bordered by Odsal village green to the north, Wilson Road to the south, and Low Moor railway station to the east, Huddersfield Road B6379.

Orton, Peterborough

There is still a village green and close by is a half-mile long plantation of giant redwood wellingtonia trees known as the 'Long Walk'.

Romanichal

The Commons Act 1876 makes encroachment or inclosure of a village green, and interference with or occupation of the soil unlawful unless it is with the aim of improving enjoyment of the green.

Rowland's Castle

Former Van Morrison guitarist Herbie Armstrong once operated The Fountain Inn in the centre of the village next to the Village Green.

Southern Village, North Carolina

The North Carolina Symphony visits once a year to give a free outdoor concert on the Village Green.

Udny Green

Udny Parish Church is located beside the village green with the old kirkyard and Udny Mort House on the opposite side.

Zandoerle

The village green is covered with linden trees and is surrounded by six farms with long fronts, an architectural style which is typical for the province of North Brabant.