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High Offley Parish Council 1/15/2015 High Offley ­ Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia High Offley Coordinates: 52.8325°N 2.32231°W From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia High Offley is a small village and civil parish in Staffordshire, England. It lies 3 miles southwest of the small town of Eccleshall and about 1 mile west of the village of Woodseaves, both on the High Offley A519. Woodseaves is the largest settlement in the parish, which also includes the hamlet of Shebdon to the WSW of High Offley, as well as a number of scattered houses and small farms (such as on Grub Street). The Shropshire Union Canal runs through the parish, to the southwest of the villages of High Offley and Woodseaves, with the Shebdon aqueduct and wharf in the west of the parish, from Shebdon towards Knighton. Church The Anchor Inn by the canal There is a church dedicated to St Mary: "High Offley Church, St Mary, is an ancient Gothic fabric, neatly pewed with oak. It has an excellent organ, which was given by John Salmon, Esq, of London, a native of this parish. It has several monuments of the Skrymsher and other families, and a handsome one was erected in 1851 in memory of the late Bishop Ryder, at the expense of the present vicar."[1] Pevsner dates most of the church to the 13th century with High Offley some earlier Norman features and some from later St Mary's Church periods.[2] The core of the church dates from the 12th century, and features from the 13th century are still present, including the lower stages of the tower and the south arcade. Most of the rest of the church is from the 15th and 16th centuries and is Perpendicular in style, including the nave, chancel, and upper part of the tower. There was a limited 19th­century restoration. which included the addition of a south porch. Inside the church, the nave roof is "an outstanding and well­preserved work of late­ medieval carpentry", which includes bosses carved with heads and foliage.[3][4] High Offley shown within Staffordshire http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Offley#In_literature 1/3 1/15/2015 High Offley ­ Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Public houses District Stafford Shire county Staffordshire High Offley also once had a pub called the Royal Oak, Region West Midlands which has now been converted into a private residence. In Country England the parish, near to the village on Peggs Lane, and lying by Sovereign state United Kingdom the Shropshire Union Canal, is the popular Anchor Inn.[5] Post town STAFFORD Being a simple, traditional public house that has changed Postcode district ST20 little in fifty years, it is very highly rated by the canal Dialling code 01785 [6] boating fraternity and many locals. It is regularly Police Staffordshire featured in the annual CAMRA Good Beer Guide and has a Fire Staffordshire small gift shop. It also gives its name to the adjacent Ambulance West Midlands [7] bridge, which takes Peggs Lane over the canal. EU Parliament West Midlands UK Parliament Stone The front view of the Anchor Inn Also within the parish are two pubs in Woodseaves (the Plough and Cock Inn) and one in the Shebdon area, which List of places: UK · England · Staffordshire is also by the canal, called the Wharf Inn. In literature In Douglas Adams's Meaning of Liff, a High Offley is defined as a "Goosnargh three weeks later". References 1. ^ William White, History, Gazetteer and Directory of Staffordshire, Sheffield, 1851, quoted by High Offley at Genealogy UK (http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/STS/HighOffley/index.html) 2. ^ Nikolaus Pevsner, The Buildings of England: Staffordshire, London: Penguin, 1974, p.145 3. ^ Pevsner 1974, p. 145. 4. ^ English Heritage. "Church of St Mary, High Offley (1242831)" (http://list.english­heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1242831). National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 22 June 2012. 5. ^ Beer in the Evening (http://www.beerintheevening.com/pubs/s/25/25308/Anchor/High_Offley) Anchor, High Offley 6. ^ Anchor Inn, High Offley, Pubs U Like (http://www.pubsulike.co.uk/pubs/online/reviews.asp?pubcode=ST200NGTAI) 7. ^ CanalPlan (http://canalplan.eu/gazetteer/6gah) Anchor Bridge http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Offley#In_literature 2/3 1/15/2015 High Offley ­ Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia External links Media related to High Offley at Wikimedia Commons Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=High_Offley&oldid=604419343" Categories: Villages in Staffordshire Stafford Civil parishes in Staffordshire This page was last modified on 16 April 2014, at 08:18. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution­ShareAlike License; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non­profit organization. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Offley#In_literature 3/3.
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