History
The village of Onley has no mention in any records yet discovered until 1272 and was presumed to be included under entries for Barby in taxation records before this date. In 1272 the village was recorded as being in the possession of George de Cantelupe along with the manor of Barby. The entry records that ‘Virgates in villeinage are valued at 9 shilling per annum’. Records in 1345 make reference to ‘Tenements in Onle’, which may imply that at that time the village was still viable. There is no further record of Onley until the early part of the 18th century when the village was described as only a hamlet of seven shepherds' houses, which implies that the site had become pasture land for sheep. Records of 1841 show that 19 people lived on the site of Onley in five scattered farms which still exist on the land to this day.
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