The name Wrangle reputedly derives from the Scandinavian Vrangr, meaning "bent" or "crooked" – a reference to a stream long since gone.

[3] The village lies on western side of The Wash, on the broad bank of marine silt left by the great tidal creeks which formed, predominantly during the Bronze Age, about 2,500 years ago.

As this progressed, the tide no longer flowed off the marsh twice a day to keep Wrangle Haven open.

[4] At Kings Hill are earthwork remains of a medieval Motte and Bailey castle believed to be associated with a manorial estate established during the 11th and 12th centuries.

[6] Wrangle tower windmill is a Grade II-listed building which was built about 1825 of red brick.

It is recorded that in the glass of the east window was an inscription in Latin which translated means "Tomas de Wyversty, Abbot of Waltham had me made".

[8][9] A plaque in the church commemorates some American airmen who died when their plane crashed on Wrangle Common in 1944 during the Second World War.