Offwell, Devon
Historical Description
Offwell, a village and a parish in Devonshire. The village stands 2½ miles ESE of Honiton station on the L. &S.W.R. Post town and money order and telegraph office, Honiton. The parish contains also part of the village of Wilmington. Acreage, 2038; population of the civil parish, 264; of the ecclesiastical, 274. Offwell House is the chief residence. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Exeter; gross value, £330 with residence. The church is of the 13th century; consists of nave, N aisle, and chancel, with W tower; has a fine memorial three-light E window, and contains some monuments.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Ancient County | Devon | |
Ecclesiastical parish | Offwell St. Mary | |
Hundred | Colyton | |
Poor Law union | Honiton |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Church Records
Findmypast, in association with the South West Heritage Trust, Parochial Church Council, and Devon Family History Society have the Baptisms, Banns, Marriages, and Burials online for Offwell
Civil Registration
For general information about Civil Registration (births, marriages and deaths) see the Civil Registration page.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Offwell from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Offwell (St. Mary))
Maps
Online maps of Offwell are available from a number of sites:
- Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- Google Streetview.
- National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
- OpenStreetMap.
- old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
- Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following newspapers covering Devon online:
Villages, Hamlets, &c
WilmingtonVisitations Heraldic
The Visitation of the County of Devon in the year 1564, with additions from the earlier visitation of 1531, is online.
The Visitations of the County of Devon, comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1531, 1564, & 1620, with additions by Lieutant-Colonel J.L. Vivian, published for the author by Henry S. Eland, Exeter 1895 is online.