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Historically, a village green was common <a href="/wiki/Pasture" title="Pasture">grassland</a> with a pond for watering cattle and other stock,<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> often at the edge of a rural settlement, used for gathering cattle to bring them later on to a <a href="/wiki/Common_land" title="Common land">common land</a> for grazing.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Later, planned greens were built into the centres of villages.<sup id="cite_ref-shirley_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-shirley-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The village green also provided, and may still provide, an open-air meeting place for the local people, which may be used for public celebrations such as <a href="/wiki/May_Day" title="May Day">May Day</a> festivities. The term is used more broadly to encompass woodland, moorland, sports grounds, buildings, roads and <a href="/wiki/Urban_park" title="Urban park">urban parks</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Village_green&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Most village greens in England originated in the Middle Ages. Individual greens may have been created for various reasons, including protecting livestock from wild animals or human raiders during the night, or providing a space for market trading.<sup id="cite_ref-shirley_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-shirley-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In most cases where a village green is planned, it is placed in the centre of a settlement. Village greens can also be formed when a settlement expands to the edge of an existing area of <a href="/wiki/Common_land" title="Common land">common land</a>, or when an area of waste land between two settlements becomes developed.<sup id="cite_ref-shirley_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-shirley-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Some historical village greens have been lost as a result of the <a href="/wiki/British_Agricultural_Revolution" title="British Agricultural Revolution">agricultural revolution</a> and <a href="/wiki/Urbanization" title="Urbanization">urban development</a>. Greens are now most likely to be found in the older villages of mainland Europe, the United Kingdom, and older areas of the United States. </p><p>Some greens that used to be commons, or otherwise at the centres of villages, have been swallowed up by a city growing around them. Sometimes they become a city park or a square and manage to maintain a sense of place. London has several of these, such as <a href="/wiki/Newington_Green" title="Newington Green">Newington Green</a>, with <a href="/wiki/Newington_Green_Unitarian_Church" title="Newington Green Unitarian Church">Newington Green Unitarian Church</a> anchoring the northern end. </p><p>Town expansion in the mid-20th century led in England to the formation of local <a href="/wiki/Conservation_ethic" class="mw-redirect" title="Conservation ethic">conservation</a> societies, often centring on village green preservation, as celebrated and parodied in <a href="/wiki/The_Kinks" title="The Kinks">The Kinks</a>' album <i><a href="/wiki/The_Kinks_Are_The_Village_Green_Preservation_Society" class="mw-redirect" title="The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society">The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society</a></i>. The <a href="/wiki/Open_Spaces_Society" title="Open Spaces Society">Open Spaces Society</a> is a present-day UK national campaigning body that continues this movement. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Examples">Examples</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Village_green&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Examples"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="United_States">United States</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Village_green&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: United States"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:NewHavenGreenCTSouvenirPic1919-1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/NewHavenGreenCTSouvenirPic1919-1.jpg/220px-NewHavenGreenCTSouvenirPic1919-1.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="105" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/NewHavenGreenCTSouvenirPic1919-1.jpg/330px-NewHavenGreenCTSouvenirPic1919-1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/NewHavenGreenCTSouvenirPic1919-1.jpg/440px-NewHavenGreenCTSouvenirPic1919-1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="798" data-file-height="380" /></a><figcaption>New Haven Green, <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1919</span></figcaption></figure> <p>In the United States, the most famous example<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2017)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> of a town green is probably the <a href="/wiki/New_Haven_Green" title="New Haven Green">New Haven Green</a> in <a href="/wiki/New_Haven" class="mw-redirect" title="New Haven">New Haven</a>, <a href="/wiki/Connecticut" title="Connecticut">Connecticut</a>. New Haven was founded by settlers from England and was the first planned city in the United States. Originally used for grazing livestock, the Green dates from the 1630s and is well preserved today despite lying at the heart of <a href="/wiki/Downtown_New_Haven" title="Downtown New Haven">the city centre</a>. </p><p>The largest green in the U.S. is a mile in length and can be found in <a href="/wiki/Lebanon,_Connecticut" title="Lebanon, Connecticut">Lebanon, Connecticut</a>. This is the only village green in the United States still used for agriculture. One of the most unusual is the <a href="/wiki/Dartmouth_College" title="Dartmouth College">Dartmouth</a> Green in <a href="/wiki/Hanover,_New_Hampshire" title="Hanover, New Hampshire">Hanover, New Hampshire</a>, which was owned and cleared by the college in 1770. The college, not the town, still owns it and surrounded it with buildings as a sort of collegiate quadrangle in the 1930s, although its origin as a town green remains apparent. </p><p>An example of a traditional American town green exists in downtown <a href="/wiki/Morristown,_NJ" class="mw-redirect" title="Morristown, NJ">Morristown, NJ</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Morristown_Green" title="Morristown Green">Morristown Green</a> dates from 1715 and has hosted events ranging from executions to clothing drives. </p><p>There are two places in the United States called Village Green: <a href="/wiki/Village_Green-Green_Ridge,_Pennsylvania" title="Village Green-Green Ridge, Pennsylvania">Village Green-Green Ridge, Pennsylvania</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Village_Green,_New_York" title="Village Green, New York">Village Green, New York</a>. Some <a href="/wiki/New_England" title="New England">New England</a> towns, along with some areas settled by New Englanders such as the townships in the <a href="/wiki/Connecticut_Western_Reserve" title="Connecticut Western Reserve">Connecticut Western Reserve</a>, refer to their <a href="/wiki/Town_square" title="Town square">town square</a> as a village green. The village green of Bedford, New York, is preserved as part of <a href="/wiki/Bedford_Village_Historic_District" title="Bedford Village Historic District">Bedford Village Historic District</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Europe">Europe</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Village_green&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Europe"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Finchingfield_village_green_(geograph_2496080).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Finchingfield_village_green_%28geograph_2496080%29.jpg/220px-Finchingfield_village_green_%28geograph_2496080%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Finchingfield_village_green_%28geograph_2496080%29.jpg/330px-Finchingfield_village_green_%28geograph_2496080%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Finchingfield_village_green_%28geograph_2496080%29.jpg/440px-Finchingfield_village_green_%28geograph_2496080%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1200" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Finchingfield" title="Finchingfield">Finchingfield</a> village green</figcaption></figure> <p>A notable example of a village green is that in the village of <a href="/wiki/Finchingfield" title="Finchingfield">Finchingfield</a> in Essex, England, which is said to be "the most photographed village in England".<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The green dominates the village, and slopes down to a duck pond, and is occasionally flooded after heavy rain. The small village of <a href="/wiki/Car_Colston" title="Car Colston">Car Colston</a> in <a href="/wiki/Nottinghamshire" title="Nottinghamshire">Nottinghamshire</a>, England, has two village greens, totaling 29 acres (12 ha),<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the village of <a href="/wiki/Burton_Leonard" title="Burton Leonard">Burton Leonard</a> in <a href="/wiki/North_Yorkshire" title="North Yorkshire">North Yorkshire</a> has three. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Open_Spaces_Society" title="Open Spaces Society">Open Spaces Society</a> states that in 2005 there were about 3,650 registered greens in England covering 8,150 acres (3,298 ha) and about 220 in <a href="/wiki/Wales" title="Wales">Wales</a> covering about 620 acres (251 ha). </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_large_green_village_of_Zuidlaren.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/The_large_green_village_of_Zuidlaren.JPG/220px-The_large_green_village_of_Zuidlaren.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/The_large_green_village_of_Zuidlaren.JPG/330px-The_large_green_village_of_Zuidlaren.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/The_large_green_village_of_Zuidlaren.JPG/440px-The_large_green_village_of_Zuidlaren.JPG 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="600" /></a><figcaption>A village green in Zuidlaren, <a href="/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands">Netherlands</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The northern part of the province of <a href="/wiki/Drenthe" title="Drenthe">Drenthe</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands">Netherlands</a> is also known for its village greens. <a href="/wiki/Zuidlaren" title="Zuidlaren">Zuidlaren</a> is the village with the largest number of village greens in the Netherlands. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/B%C5%82onia_Park" class="mw-redirect" title="Błonia Park">Błonia Park</a>, originally established in the Middle Ages, is an example of a large village green in <a href="/wiki/Krak%C3%B3w" title="Kraków">Kraków</a>, Poland. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Indonesia">Indonesia</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Village_green&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Indonesia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In <a href="/wiki/Indonesia" title="Indonesia">Indonesia</a>, especially in <a href="/wiki/Java" title="Java">Java</a>, a similar place is called <i>Alun-Alun</i>. It is a central part of Javanese village architecture and culture. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Legal_definitions">Legal definitions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Village_green&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Legal definitions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="England_and_Wales">England and Wales</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Village_green&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: England and Wales"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Apart from the general use of the term, <i>village green</i> has a specific legal meaning in England and Wales, and also includes the less common term <i>town green</i>. Town and village greens were defined in the <a href="/wiki/Commons_Registration_Act_1965" title="Commons Registration Act 1965">Commons Registration Act 1965</a>, as amended by the <a href="/wiki/Countryside_and_Rights_of_Way_Act_2000" title="Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000">Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000</a>, as land: </p> <ol><li>which has been allotted by or under any act for the exercise or recreation of the inhabitants of any locality</li> <li>or on which the inhabitants of any locality have a customary right to indulge in lawful sports and pastimes</li> <li>or if it is land on which for not fewer than twenty years a significant number of the inhabitants of any locality, or of any neighbourhood within a locality, have indulged in lawful sports and pastimes as of right.</li></ol> <p>Registered greens in England and Wales are now governed by the <a href="/wiki/Commons_Act_2006" title="Commons Act 2006">Commons Act 2006</a>, but the fundamental test of whether land is a town and village green remains the same. Thus land can become a village green if it has been used for twenty years without force, secrecy or request (<i>nec vi, nec clam, nec precario</i>).<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Village green legislation is often used to try to frustrate development. Recent case law (<i>Oxfordshire County Council vs Oxford City Council and Robinson</i>)<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> makes it clear that registration as a green would render any development which prevented continuing use of the green as criminal activity under the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Inclosure_Act_1857&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Inclosure Act 1857 (page does not exist)">Inclosure Act 1857</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Commons_Act_1876" class="mw-redirect" title="Commons Act 1876">Commons Act 1876</a> (<a href="/wiki/39_%26_40_Vict." class="mw-redirect" title="39 & 40 Vict.">39 & 40 Vict.</a> c. 56). This leads to some most curious areas being claimed as village greens, sometimes with success. Recent examples include a bandstand,<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> two lakes<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and a beach.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 11 December 2019, a Supreme Court decision put the future of some village greens at risk in England and Wales. The case involved five fields (13 hectares) in south Lancaster, the Moorside Fields, owned by Lancashire County Council. The lands had been available for public use for over 50 years. According to the Commons Act 2006, land used for informal recreation for at least 20 years can be registered as green and is then protected from development. (Granted, the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Growth_and_Infrastructure_Act_2013&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Growth and Infrastructure Act 2013 (page does not exist)">Growth and Infrastructure Act 2013</a> specified that land designated for planning applications could not be registered as a village green, but that did not apply in the Moorside Fields case.) </p><p>The Moorside Fields Community Group attempted to register the lands in 2016 under the Commons Act 2006. The local authority challenged the registration, wanting to retain control of the lands for future expansion of the nearby Moorside Primary School's playing fields. The council's challenge failed in the High Court and then in the Court of Appeal; the registration of the land as a village green could proceed.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Lancashire County Council subsequently appealed to the UK Supreme Court. </p><p>In the appeal decision, cited as <i>R (on the application of Lancashire County Council) (Appellant) v Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Respondent)</i> the court overturned the previous judgments. At the same time, the Supreme Court also ruled against the registration of lands in a separate case in <a href="/wiki/Surrey" title="Surrey">Surrey</a> involving the 2.9 hectare Leach Grove Wood at <a href="/wiki/Leatherhead" title="Leatherhead">Leatherhead</a>, owned by the <a href="/wiki/National_Health_Service" title="National Health Service">National Health Service</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After publication of the decision in the Moorside Fields case, Lancashire County Council told the news media that the court had "protect[ed] this land for future generations".<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In effect, the Supreme Court decision left lands owned by public authorities by their statutory powers open to development for any purpose that they deem to be appropriate.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This could have far-reaching ramifications in England and Wales, according to the <a href="/wiki/Open_Spaces_Society" title="Open Spaces Society">Open Spaces Society</a>, a national conservation group that was founded in 1865. A representative made this comment to <i><a href="/wiki/The_Guardian" title="The Guardian">The Guardian</a></i>: "This is a deeply worrying decision as it puts at risk countless publicly owned green spaces which local people have long enjoyed, but which, unknown to them, are held for purposes which are incompatible with recreational use".<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Gallery">Gallery</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Village_green&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Gallery"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:House_on_Village_Green,_Melmerby_-_geograph.org.uk_-_236245.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Village green in Melmerby, Cumbria in England"><img alt="Village green in Melmerby, Cumbria in England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/House_on_Village_Green%2C_Melmerby_-_geograph.org.uk_-_236245.jpg/120px-House_on_Village_Green%2C_Melmerby_-_geograph.org.uk_-_236245.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/House_on_Village_Green%2C_Melmerby_-_geograph.org.uk_-_236245.jpg/180px-House_on_Village_Green%2C_Melmerby_-_geograph.org.uk_-_236245.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/House_on_Village_Green%2C_Melmerby_-_geograph.org.uk_-_236245.jpg/240px-House_on_Village_Green%2C_Melmerby_-_geograph.org.uk_-_236245.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="426" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Village green in <a href="/wiki/Melmerby,_Cumbria" title="Melmerby, Cumbria">Melmerby, Cumbria</a> in England</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Stanford_in_the_Vale_village_green_(2002).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="The village green in Stanford in the Vale, Oxfordshire"><img alt="The village green in Stanford in the Vale, Oxfordshire" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Stanford_in_the_Vale_village_green_%282002%29.jpg/120px-Stanford_in_the_Vale_village_green_%282002%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="91" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Stanford_in_the_Vale_village_green_%282002%29.jpg/180px-Stanford_in_the_Vale_village_green_%282002%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Stanford_in_the_Vale_village_green_%282002%29.jpg/240px-Stanford_in_the_Vale_village_green_%282002%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="816" data-file-height="616" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">The village green in <a href="/wiki/Stanford_in_the_Vale" title="Stanford in the Vale">Stanford in the Vale</a>, <a href="/wiki/Oxfordshire" title="Oxfordshire">Oxfordshire</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Pritzhagen_07.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="A large green in the village of Pritzhagen, Germany"><img alt="A large green in the village of Pritzhagen, Germany" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Pritzhagen_07.jpg/120px-Pritzhagen_07.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Pritzhagen_07.jpg/180px-Pritzhagen_07.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Pritzhagen_07.jpg/240px-Pritzhagen_07.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3533" data-file-height="2650" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">A large green in the village of Pritzhagen, Germany</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Willerzie.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="The village green in Willerzie, Belgium"><img alt="The village green in Willerzie, Belgium" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Willerzie.jpg/120px-Willerzie.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Willerzie.jpg/180px-Willerzie.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Willerzie.jpg/240px-Willerzie.jpg 2x" data-file-width="840" data-file-height="630" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">The village green in Willerzie, <a href="/wiki/Belgium" title="Belgium">Belgium</a></div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Village_green&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Common_land" title="Common land">Common land</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Park" title="Park">Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Town_square" title="Town square">Town square</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Urban_green_space" title="Urban green space">Urban green space</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">15 December</span> 2019</span>. <q>The future of a Lancaster village green has been secured after its registration was upheld in court.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Lancaster+Guardian&rft.atitle=%27Village+green%27+land+at+risk+after+ruling+by+supreme+court&rft.date=2018-04-24&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.lancasterguardian.co.uk%2Fnews%2Flancaster-moorside-fields-will-remain-village-green-299459&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AVillage+green" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.slcc.co.uk/village-greens-in-the-balance-warns-open-spaces-society/">"Village Greens In The Balance Warns Open Spaces Society"</a>. Society of Local Council Clerks. 11 July 2019<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">15 December</span> 2019</span>. <q>The question common to both cases was whether the fact that the land was held by a public body for the performance of its statutory powers and duties (by Lancashire County Council and the NHS in these instances) made the land incapable of being registered as a town or village green. Registration requires local people to have used the land for informal recreation for 20 years 'as of right', ie without being stopped or asking permission.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Village+Greens+In+The+Balance+Warns+Open+Spaces+Society&rft.pub=Society+of+Local+Council+Clerks&rft.date=2019-07-11&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.slcc.co.uk%2Fvillage-greens-in-the-balance-warns-open-spaces-society%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AVillage+green" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk/property/404-property-news/42188-supreme-court-allows-appeals-by-land-owning-public-bodies-in-dispute-over-statutory-incompatibility-and-village-green-registration">"Supreme Court allows appeals by land-owning public bodies in dispute over statutory incompatibility and village green registration"</a>. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">15 December</span> 2019</span>. <q>the case has wide implications for land held for statutory purposes by public authorities.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=WBD+advises+NHS+Property+Services+on+Supreme+Court+win+for+village+green+case&rft.pub=Womble+Bond+Dickinson&rft.date=2019-12-11&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.womblebonddickinson.com%2Fuk%2Finsights%2Fnews%2Fwbd-advises-nhs-property-services-supreme-court-win-village-green-case&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AVillage+green" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/dec/14/village-green-land-at-risk-supreme-court-moorside-fields-lancaster">"<span class="cs1-kern-left"></span>'Village green' land at risk after ruling by supreme court"</a>. <i>The Guardian</i>. 14 December 2019<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">15 December</span> 2019</span>. <q>I think that this judgment totally redefines the way we understand land held in the public domain," Bebbington said. 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