Offord Cluny
| Offord Cluny | |
| Huntingdonshire | |
|---|---|
 All Saints, Offord Cluny | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TL220673 |
| Location: | 52°17’24"N, 0°12’36"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 1,300 |
| Post town: | St Neots |
| Postcode: | PE19 |
| Dialling code: | 01480 |
| Local Government | |
Offord Cluny is a small village in Huntingdonshire. It is on the road from Godmanchester to St Neots, the more northerly of the twin villages of Offord Cluny and Offord D'Arcy, known together as The Offords.
Offord D'Arcy, the larger of the two villages, stands immediately to the south of Offord Cluny and Great Paxton is further beyond. There is nothing but fields and farms to the north until Godmanchester.
The Offords are on the eastern bank of the Great Ouse, with just the main railway line rudely interposing itself between the villages and the riverbank. From Offord Cluny a lane crosses by three bridges across the various streams of the Ouse towards Buckden.
Offord Cluny is named after the Abbey of Cluny in Burgundy which was Lord of the Manor here from the 11th to the 15th century. It has developed considerably since then.
The village has a village hall, which serves both villages.
The parish church of Offord Cluny is All Saints Church and it is now the church of both of the Offords since St Peter's in Offord D'Arcy has been closed as redundant, though the Church Rooms in Offord D'Arcy still stand and serve both villages.
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