Huntingdonshire
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Upeford, Opeforde (xi cent.), Upford (xii cent.), Offord Cluney (xiii cent.).
Offord Cluny lies to the east of the River Ouse and south of Godmanchester. The parish is low-lying and near the river which is liable to flood. It rises, however, to 150 ft. on its eastern boundary. The soil is clay and gravel and the sub-soil is clay growing wheat, barley, turnips and beans.
The village lies on the road from St Neots to Godmanchester, a little to the north of the boundary between the two Offords, where this line joins the Ouse (the western boundary of the parish) just below Offord Common and the weirs and boat-houses south of Buckden Mills. Offord Cluny church stands in the village east of the main road. There are some interesting old houses and cottages in the village.
The monumental inscriptions of Offord Cluny have not yet been recorded by the Huntingdonshire FHS.
Census information (1841 - 1891) for this parish is held in the Huntingdon Records Office.
The full 1841 Census of Offord Cluny Parish is available as fiche set C105.
The full 1851 Census of Offord Cluny Parish is available as fiche set C55.
The full 1891 Census of Offord Cluny Parish is available as fiche set C13.
A surname index of the 1881 Census of the St. Neots Registration District, in which Offord Cluney was enumerated (RG11/1611, Folios 63a - 69a), and which took place on 3rd April 1881, is available as fiche set C5.
The above mentioned fiche are available from the Huntingdonshire FHS.
OS Grid Square TL 218670.
The church of All Saints consists of a chancel, nave, north aisle,
south aisle, west tower and modern south porch. The walls are of pebble
and stone rubble with stone dressings, except for the chancel which is of
brick. The roofs are covered with tiles and lead.
The church is
mentioned in the Domesday survey of 1086, but the earliest parts now standing
are the nave arcades; that of the south was built around 1260 and that of the
north around 1280, and the aisle walls built at the same time, probably remain
although much altered.
Early in the 15th century the tower was built and
new windows and doorways formed in the north aisle. About 1500, the south aisle
was similarly modified, and slightly later, the arcade was rebuilt and the
clearstory added. The stairway of the tower was repaired in 1687, and the
chancel is dated 1726. The porch was built in 1851, in which year several
repairs were done; other restoration work took place in 1853 and 1860.
Baptisms: 1573-1722, 1723-1812, 1813-1908.
Banns: 1754-1785,
1811-1823, 1823-1905.
Marriages: 1574-1721/2, 1723-1755, 1755-1806,
1808-1811, 1813-1838, 1837-1959, 1961-1976.
Burials: 1574-1722/3, 1723-1812,
1813-1851.
Bishop's Transcripts: 1604-5, 1607-10, 1617-19, 1625-7,
1631/1676-7, 1683-8, 1690-4, 1696-9, 1702-4, 1706-16, 1718, 1720, 1722-66,
1768-9, 1771-83, 1786, 1789-1812/1813-24/1825-46,
1848-9, 1851-6.
These are available in the Huntingdon Records Office.
The Huntingdonshire Marriage Indexes include marriages from this parish. These are, at present, issued in alphabetical listings in series: 1601-1700, and 1701-1754, and are available from the Huntingdonshire FHS.
Offord Cluny has been in the St Neots Registration District since 1st July 1837.
An old map of the parish of Offord Cluny in the 19th century is available.
The war memorial with detailed information about those who fell is available on the Roll of Honour site for Huntingdonshire.
Population in 1801 - 170
Population in 1851 - 369
Population in
1901 - 207
Population in 1951 - 242
Population in 1971 -
505
Population in 1991 - 438
The parish of Offord Cluny was in the St Neots Union for Poor Law
administration.
Births and Deaths registered in the St Neots
Union Workhouse (1913 - 1952) are available as fiche set D11, from the
Huntingdonshire FHS.
The parish of Offord Cluny consists of 1046 acres of land.
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