Offenham, Worcestershire

Description
Offenham, a village and a parish in Worcestershire. The village stands on the river Avon, 1 mile S of the boundary with Warwickshire, and 2 miles NNE of Evesham. It has a station, called Littleton and Badsey, on the Oxford and Worcester section of the G.W.R., and a post office under Evesham; money order and telegraph office, Evesham. A working-men's club and reading-room was erected in 1887. The parish comprises 1235 acres; population, 563. There is a parish council consisting of nine members. The manor belonged anciently to the abbots of Evesham, and fragments and extensive foundations of a mansion of the abbots were discovered a few years ago in diggings near the present manor farmhouse. The manor belongs to the Dean and Chapter of Christ Church, Oxford. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Worcester; gross value, £293 with residence. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Christ Church, Oxford. The church was rebuilt in 1861, is in the Early Decorated style, comprises nave, N aisle, and chancel, and retains the tower of the previous edifice, of Late Perpendicular date and embattled. There is a Baptist chapel.