AN American student called Lacey Green is causing a sensation in the Buckinghamshire village of Lacey Green this week.

The 24-year-old from Wisconsin, USA discovered she had the same name as the village when she typed her name into Google.

Curious about the small village, well known for its windmill, Lacey decided to visit and arrived last week.

During her week's visit she is staying with Angela Agate, Jenny King, Norma Putnam and Liz Stanley and Cynthia Chan offered her a place to stay in London at the beginning of her trip.

Lacey said: “I was given a big welcome at the village hall on Sunday at a cream tea fundraiser for Haiti and met all the residents.

“They are really kind and absolutely generous. I am really amazed at all the generosity in the village.

“It is fun. The kids think it is the funniest of all.”

She has so far been to the Windmill Under 5's Pre School and St John's CE Combined School in the village.

She presented a book called Bucky's Journey though the Badger State to St John's on Tuesday.

Back in America Lacey will graduate in May with a degree in community leadership and development from Alverno College. She said the story was front page news in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

She added she found it a bit difficult getting into England. She said: “The immigration man didn't believe me. He didn't believe my name was Lacey Green and I was coming to the village.

“I made him Google the news story and then he believed me.”

Miv Hughes from Lacey Green parish council has helped Lacey organise her week's agenda. She said: “I thought she made the offer to contact us and we have got to look after her.

“It is amazing. It is just a nice story really. Everyone has gone out of their way to help.”

Lacey is also visiting Princes Risborough Upper School, St Teresa's Catholic School and the Lacey Green Youth Club.

She added: “People have a lot of interesting questions. One question was 'What am I going to do when I get married? Will I change my name?'

“Of course I can't now. I share my name with a village.”

Click the link below to read the article from the Milwaukee Journal Senitel.