Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for OFFORD-CLUNY

OFFORD-CLUNY, a village and a parish in St. Neots district, Huntingdon. The village stands on the river Ouse, and on the Great Northern railway, at Offord r.station, 1½ mile E by S of Buckden, and 5 N N E of St. Neots; was known to the Saxons as Ottanford; and has a bridge over the Ouse, leading to Buckden. The parish comprises 960 acres; and its post town is Buckden, under Huntingdon. Real property, £3, 375. Pop., 326. Houses, 76. The manor belongs to the Dean and Chapter of Westminster. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ely. Value, £380.* Patron, the Bishop of Peterborough. The church is a neat building, and contains a piscina. There are a national school with £4 a year from endowment, and charities £15.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village and a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Offord Cluny Parish       St Neots Poor Law Union/Registration District       Huntingdonshire Ancient County
Place names: OFFORD CLUNY     |     OTTANFORD
Place: Offord Cluny

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