Offord Darcy

• Monumental inscriptions for this parish have not yet been recorded by the Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire FHS.

• Census information for this parish (1841 - 1891) is held in the Huntingdon Records Office.
• The full 1841 Census of Offord Darcy Parish is available as fiche set C105.
• The full 1851 Census of Offord Darcy Parish is available as fiche set C55.
• The full 1891 Census of Offord Darcy Parish is available as fiche set C13.
• A surname index of the 1881 Census of the St. Neots Registration District, in which Offord Darcy was enumerated (RG11/1611, Folios 55a - 62b), and which took place on 3rd April 1881, is available, as fiche set C5.
• The above mentioned fiche are available from the Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire FHS.

• Here are photographs of Churches etc. in the parish:
  • St. Peter's Church, Offord Darcy. The church is still consecrated, but not used.
  • Trinity Village Baptist Church, Offord Darcy.

• OS Grid Square TL 217665.
• The church of St. Peter consists of a chancel, nave, north aisle, south aisle, west tower and south porch. The walls are of rubble with stone dressings, and the roofs are covered with tile and slates.
• The church is not mentioned in the Domesday survey of 1086, but by 1130 a small church, consisting of a chancel, nave of two bays amd a north aisle, existed here. Shortly afterwards, this was lengthened by the addition of a western bay. The chancel was rebuilt soon after 1265; in about 1300, a south aisle with its arcade and a south porch, were added.
• At the end of the 14th century, the western tower and spire were erected, and a hundred years later the north aisle was rebuilt, and a clearstory added to the nave.
• The spire was rebuilt in 1860.

• These are available in the Huntingdon Records Office.
  • Baptisms: 1563-1680, 1697-1774, 1775-1812, 1813-1923, 1923-1976.
  • Banns: 1755-1819, 1823-1976.
  • Marriages: 1566-1639, 1698-1751/2, 1755-1811, 1813-1838, 1837-1959, 1961-1975.
  • Burials: 1603-1678, 1697-1774, 1776-1812, 1813-1976.
  • Bishop's Transcripts: 1604-5, 1607-8, 1610, 1612, 1617-19, 1625, 1631-2, 1671/1674-8, 1683, 1685, 1694-6, 1698-1702, 1704-16, 1718, 1720, 1722-4, 1726-66, 1768-75, 1777, 1781, 1786-1812/1813-24/1825-6, 1828-58.
• 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 Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire FHS.

• Offord Darcy was originally in the St. Neots Registration District from 1st July 1837, which subsequently became a sub-District. From 1st April 1997, it is now directly under the Huntingdon District.

• A transcript of the OffordDarcy parish entries from 1932 Victoria County Series
• A transcript of the OffordDarcy parish entries from Samuel Lewis's 1835 Topographical Dictionary of England,

• Ask for a calculation of the distance from Offord Darcy to another place.

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference TL219663 (Lat/Lon: 52.281335, -0.214518), Offord Darcy which are provided by:

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• Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
• English Jurisdictions in 1851 (Unfortunately the LDS have removed the facility to enable us to specify a starting location, you will need to search yourself on their map.)
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• All places within the same township/parish shown on an Openstreetmap map.
• Nearby townships/parishes shown on an Openstreetmap map.
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• The war memorial with detailed information about those who fell is available on the Roll of Honour site for Huntingdonshire.

• Opeford,
• Upford,
• Upperfordia (xi cent.),
• Ufford,
• Ufforde Deneys,
• Daneys,
• Danes or Darcy (xiii-xvi cent.),
• Offord Dacye alias Daynes (xvii cent.).

• The parish of Offord Darcy was part of 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 Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire FHS.

• Population in 1801 - 156.
• Population in 1851 - 419.
• Population in 1901 - 338.
• Population in 1951 - 295.
• Population in 1971 - 453.
• Population in 1991 - 759.