A vision of Britain through time
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
OFFLEY (High), a village and a parish in the district of Newport and county of Stafford. The village stands near the Birmingham and Liverpool canal, 2¾ miles E of the boundary with Salop, 3¾ S W of Eccles-hall, and 5 N W by N of Gnosall r. station. The parish contains also the hamlets of Shebdon and Woodseaves; and its post town is Newport, Salop. Acres, 2, 727. Real property, £5, 259. Pop. in 1851, 786; in 1861, 883. Houses, 183. The property is much subdivided. The manor belongs to Miss T. Hinckes. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £313.* Patron, the Bishop of Lichfield. The church is ancient, but good; and contains monuments of the Skrymshers, and a monument of 1851 to Bishop Ryder. Charities, £16.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | High Offley AP/CP Staffordshire AncC |
| Place names: | HIGH OFFLEY | OFFLEY | OFFLEY HIGH |
| Place: | High Offley |
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