Offord D'Arcy
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Offord D'Arcy is located in Cambridgeshire
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| Population | 747 |
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| OS grid reference | TL220660 |
| Civil parish | Offord Cluny and Offord D'Arcy |
| District | Huntingdonshire |
| Shire county | Cambridgeshire |
| Region | East |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | St Neots |
| Postcode district | PE19 |
| Dialling code | 01480 |
| Police | Cambridgeshire |
| Fire | Cambridgeshire |
| Ambulance | East of England |
| EU Parliament | East of England |
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Offord D'Arcy is a village 4.2 miles (6.8 km) north of St Neots and 3 miles (4.8 km) south-west of Huntingdon. Offord D'Arcy is in Huntingdonshire which is a non-metropolitan district of Cambridgeshire as well as a historic county of England. It is the twin village of Offord Cluny and together they are known as The Offords. Historically both villages had their own parish councils but the two parishes were merged in 2009.[1] At the time of the 2001 census, the population of Offord D'Arcy was 747 people.[2]
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History
The name 'Offord' originates from the name found in the Domesday Book 'Upeforde', which in turn is believed to derived from the Old English pre 7th Century "uppe", up (stream), and "ford", ford.[3] The name 'D'Arcy' is first mentioned in records when, in 1279 "William de Broughton was holding a manor, with a common fishery, in Offord Darcy of the Abbot of Ramsey". [4]
Offord was recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 in three separate entries as Upeforde and "Opeforde"[5] in the Toseland hundred of Huntingdonshire. At that time it had 25 households (considered a quite large settlement for that time) and had a taxable value of 6 geld units. As well as the land under the plough, there was 24 acres of meadow, two mills and a church. At the time of the Domesday Book in 1086 the largest manor at Offord D'Arcy were held by Countess Judith who was a niece of William the Conqueror.[5][4]
Geography
The village and historic civil parish of Offord D'Arcy lies on the eastern side of the Great Ouse river valley between 50 feet (15 m) and 160 feet (49 m) above ordnance datum; the parish covered an area of 1,854 acres (750 hectares) of land and 12 acres (4.9 hectares) of water. The boundary of the historic parish to the west was the Great Ouse.
Population
The population of the historic parish of Offord D'Arcy from 1801 to 1901 varied between a minimum of 156 (in 1801) to a maximum of 419 (in 1851) people.
| Village |
1911 |
1921 |
1931 |
1951 |
1961 |
1971 |
1991 |
2001 |
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| Offord D'Arcy | 358 | 293 | 291 | 295 | 295 | 453 | 791 | 747 |
Census: Offord D'Arcy 1801–1931, 1961[6] Census: Offord D'Arcy 1951, 1971, 1991[7] Census: Offord D'Arcy 2001,[2]
Transport
It is 3 miles (4.8 km) from Offord D'Arcy to the railway station at Huntingdon, which is on the East Coast Main Line, where regular services run south to St Neots and London, and north to Peterborough.
Religious sites
The church is dedicated to St Peter and is a Grade I Listed building.[8] It consists of a chancel, nave, north aisle, south aisle, west tower and south porch. The church is not listed in the Domesday book but one existed by 1130. It was extended c.1300 and the west tower and spire were added by the end of the 14th century. The spire was rebuilt in 1860. The tower contains three bells.[4] The benefice of St Peters, Offord D'Arcy and of All Saints, Offord Cluny, were united in 1923.[9] The church was the parish church of Offord D'Arcy until 1978, when its functions were taken over by All Saints Church in the nearby village of Offord Cluny.[10] The church of St Peter is now under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.[11]
See also
References
- ↑ The Huntingdonshire (Parishes) Order 2009 Retrieved 25 September 2010
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