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OFFLEY, Great Offley, or Offley, St. Leger, a village and a parish in Hitchin district, Herts. The village stands among chalk hills, 1¾ mile S S E of the boundary with Beds, and 3¾ W S W of Hitchin r. station; and has a post-office, of the name of Offley, under Luton. The parish contains also Little Offley, Welbury, Soot-field-Green, and part of Mangrove hamlet. Acres, 5, 160. Real property, £7, 910. Pop., 1, 215. Houses, 258. The property is divided among a few. The manor belonged to King Offa; passed to the St. Legers, the Hoos, the Boleyns, the Spencers, and the Salusburys; and, with Offley Place, belongs now to Lady Salusbury. Welbury House is the seat of F. Gosling, Esq.; and Putteridge bury, of T. Sowerby, Esq. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £298.* Patron, Lady Salusbury. The church is ancient but good; has, on the S wall, an inscription recording that King Offa lived and was buried here; and contains monuments of the Spencers and others. There is a village school, supported by the Salusbury family.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Administrative units: | Offley CP/AP Hitchin RegD/PLU Hertfordshire AncC |
| Place names: | GREAT OFFLEY | OFFLEY | OFFLEY GREAT OFFLEY OR OFFLEY ST LEGER | OFFLEY ST LEGER |
| Place: | Offley |
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