 There are the remains of a Roman fort at Park Farm House half a mile NE of the village, to the west of the Roman road from York to Carlisle.The pub restaurant, the "Plough Inn", has been the meeting place at Candlemas since the 1660s of local trustees known as the Twelve Men of Wreay.Originally local landowners, they contributed to the upkeep of the church, appointed and paid the salary of the priest-cum-schoolmaster, and acted as guardians of the poor.