village green
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Campaigners who have been trying to stop the development of a town's green space have celebrated it being given "village green status" by a council.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
She took in the quiet country lanes, the village green and old brick houses, the everyday luxuries that British people take for granted.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 18, 2023
The town has “a manor house, a high street with shops, a meadow where sheeps graze, beehive cottages with thatched roofs, a village green which hosts cricket and yearly fetes.”
From Slate ● Apr. 23, 2022
At 10 a.m. on a sunny Tuesday morning in early June, the place is as sleepy as a village green.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 8, 2021
They knew it was a rough and homely place compared to the farmhouses along the road and the ample mansions around the village green.
From "Lyddie" by Katherine Paterson
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