In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described High Offley like this:
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.
High Offley through time
High Offley is now part of Stafford district. Click here for graphs and data of how Stafford has changed over two centuries. For statistics about High Offley itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of High Offley, in Stafford and Staffordshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/8438
Date accessed: 25th April 2024
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