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High Offley, Staffordshire

Historical Description

Offley, High, a village and a parish in Staffordshire. The village stands near the Birmingham and Liverpool Canal, 3 miles E of the boundary with Salop, 4 SW of Eccleshall, and 5 NW by N of Gnosall station on the L. & N.W.R. The parish contains also the hamlets of Shebdon and Woodseaves, and its post town is Newport, Salop. Acreage, 2761; population, 787. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lichfield; gross value, £210 with residence. Patron, the Bishop of Lichfield. The church is ancient, was restored in 1887, and contains monuments of the Skrymshers and a monument of 1851 to Bishop Ryder.

Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Ancient CountyStaffordshire 
Ecclesiastical parishHigh Offley St. Mary 
HundredPirehill 
Poor Law unionNewport 

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.


Civil Registration

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Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for High Offley from the following:


Land and Property

A full transcript of the Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Staffordshire is online.


Maps

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Newspapers and Periodicals

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Villages, Hamlets, &c

Shebdon
Woodseaves
DistrictStafford
CountyStaffordshire
RegionWest Midlands
CountryEngland
Postal districtST20
Post TownStafford

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