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Offwell
Offwell is a village and civil parish in the East Devon district in Devon, England, approximately 2 miles south-east from the nearest town, Honiton. Offwell can be accessed by the nearby A35 road. In 2021 the parish had a population of 437. Offwell has a primary school and a village hall. There are several business located along the A35 as it passes through the parish, including a fuel garage, a deli, and a garden centre. The medieval church of St Mary has a chancel arch, one chancel window and a south doorway which date from c. 1200. There are a west tower, a north aisle and a north chapel. Features of interest include the early 18th-century pulpit and reader's desk, the Lord's prayer and creed mural painting, and some Jacobean carvings. Offwell House, built in 1830, was the residence of Bishop Copleston. The Copleston family arrived in the parish in the late 18th Century and provided many of its Rectors from 1772 to 1954, with notable Rectors including The Reverend John Copleston. They transformed the village and parish with their generosity and influence. Because of the complexities of its medieval past, Offwell had no lord of the manor and so the church was the focus of authority.…
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Offwell is a village and civil parish in the East Devon district in Devon, England, approximately 2 miles south-east from the nearest town, Honiton. Offwell can be accessed by the nearby A35 road. In 2021 the parish had a population of 437. Offwell has a primary school and a village hall. There are several business located along the A35 as it passes through the parish, including a fuel garage, a deli, and a garden centre. The medieval church of St Mary has a chancel arch, one chancel window and a south doorway which date from c. 1200. There are a west tower, a north aisle and a north chapel. Features of interest include the early 18th-century pulpit and reader's desk, the Lord's prayer and creed mural painting, and some Jacobean carvings. Offwell House, built in 1830, was the residence of Bishop Copleston. The Copleston family arrived in the parish in the late 18th Century and provided many of its Rectors from 1772 to 1954, with notable Rectors including The Reverend John Copleston. They transformed the village and parish with their generosity and influence. Because of the complexities of its medieval past, Offwell had no lord of the manor and so the church was the focus of authority.…
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