The Offords

Offord Cluny and Offord D'Arcy
Offord Cluny and Offord D'Arcy is located in Cambridgeshire
Offord Cluny and Offord D'Arcy
Offord Cluny and Offord D'Arcy
Location within Cambridgeshire
Population1,341 (2011)
OS grid referenceTL 21958 66803
Civil parish
  • Offord Cluny and Offord D'Arcy
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townST. NEOTS
Postcode districtPE19
Dialling code01480
PoliceCambridgeshire
FireCambridgeshire
AmbulanceEast of England
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52°17′10″N 0°12′47″W / 52.286°N 0.213°W / 52.286; -0.213

The Offords is the name given to the two villages of Offord Cluny and Offord D'Arcy, situated on the east bank of the River Great Ouse between Saint Neots and Huntingdon in west Cambridgeshire. The Offords were both recorded in the Domesday Book as 'Upeforde' under two different landowners,[1] which suggests they were one village at that time. By the 13th Century they had evolved into two distinct settlements, and remained so until the proximity and resulting close co-operation of the two villages lead to their merger in 2010.[2] In 2008 the Parish Councils merged, and in 2010 the Huntingdon (Parishes) Order 2009 officially created the new Parish of 'Offord Cluny and Offord D'Arcy'.

  1. ^ "Great Domesday Book". The National Archives. 1086. Retrieved 29 December 2010.
  2. ^ "The Huntingdon (Parishes) Order 2009" (PDF). Huntingdonshire District Council. 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 29 December 2010.