Offord Cluny, Huntingdonshire
Historical Description
Offord Cluny, a village and a parish in Huntingdonshire. The village stands on the river Ouse, and on the G.N.R., at Offord railway station, 1½ mile E by S of Buckden, and 5 miles NNE of St Neots; was known to the Saxons as Offanford, and has a bridge of three arches over the Ouse leading to Buckden. Post town, Huntingdon; money order and telegraph office, Offord Darcy. The parish comprises 1062 acres; population, 263. The manor belongs to the Dean and Chapter of Westminster. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ely; net value, £140 with residence. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is an ancient building of rubble in the Early English style consisting of chancel, nave, aisles, S porch, and an embattled western tower.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
| Ancient County | Huntingdonshire | |
| Ecclesiastical parish | Offord-Cluny All Saints | |
| Hundred | Toseland | |
| Poor Law union | St. Neots |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Church Records
The register dates from the year 1572.
Churches
Church of England
All Saints (parish church)
The church of All Saints, probably erected in the 13th century, is a building of rubble, in the Early English style, consisting of chancel, clerestoried nave, aisles, south porch and an embattled western tower with pinnacles, containing 4 bells: the church was restored in 1860, and has 200 sittings: the churchyard was enlarged in 1882 by an addition on the south side of a piece of ground, about half an acre, the gift of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners. There is a list of rectors from 1219.
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 Offord Cluny from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Offord-Cluny (All Saints))
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Huntindonshire is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Offord Cluny 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)