An entry for the village appeared in 1870/1872, in John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales: "WREAY, a chapelry in Carlisle-St. Mary parish, Cumberland; on the Lancaster and Carlisle railway, 5½ miles SSE of Carlisle.
A village named WREAY was documented in 1870/1872 within John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales. It is situated as a chapelry within Carlisle-St. Mary parish in Cumberland, specifically near the Lancaster and Carlisle railway line, approximately 5½ miles southeast of Carlisle.