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.
WREAY, a village mentioned in 1870/1872, was part of Carlisle-St. Mary parish in Cumberland, England, situated on the Lancaster and Carlisle railway line, 5½ miles southeast of Carlisle.