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Westby-with-Plumptons is a civil parish in Lancashire, North West England. The parish is in Fylde district and contains the hamlets of Great Plumpton, Little Plumpton, Lower Ballam, Higher Ballam, Moss Side (formerly ''Brown Moss Side''), Peel, and Westby.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Map of Westby-with-Plumptons CP )〕 At the 2001 census, the parish had a population of 1,205,〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=2001 Census: Key Statistics: Parish Headcounts: Area: Westby-with-Plumptons CP (Parish) ) 〕 increasing to 1,205 at the 2011 Census.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Parish population 2011 )〕 Westby and Plumpton were both mentioned in the Domesday Book, as "''Westbi''" and "''Pluntun''". Westby-with-Plumptons is part of the Warton and Westby ward, which is represented by three councillors on Fylde Borough Council〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Council and Democracy: Councillor Search: Warton and Westby ) 〕 On Lancashire County Council it is part of Fylde West ward, which elects one councillor.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=County Councillors by Area (A-Z) )〕 The parish is generally low-lying, with arable land in the south and pasture in the north, which rises to above sea level at Great Plumpton in the north-east of the parish.〔 The railway from Preston to Blackpool South runs through the parish, with one station in the parish, at Moss Side where the railway crosses the B5259 Lytham to Kirkham road at a level crossing. The parish is now 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. In June 2015 Lancashire County Council voted to reject an application by Cuadrilla Resources to extract shale gas by means of fracking at a site at Little Plumpton.〔()〕 ==St. Anne's Church== Westby is notable for the fine Catholic church of St. Anne's, designed by E. W. Pugin and built in 1860. The conventional church exterior does not prepare the visitor for the striking interior with its elaborate timber roof (). Above the altar the timbers follow the apse and form a frame or focal point. At the west end is a gallery. Despite the unusual shape of the nave windows, the stained glass is largely unspectacular. But two of the windows are noteworthy - the Pre-Raphaelite styled "St Cecilia" in a green gown, with roses in the cusps, and the "Millennium" window with its inscription.〔(St. Anne's Westby )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Westby-with-Plumptons」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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