Odstone is a hamlet and former civil parish, now in the parish of Shackerstone, in the Hinckley and Bosworth district of Leicestershire, England. It stands on a marked promontory of high ground between two river valleys. In 1931 the parish had a population of 142.[1]
| Odstone | |
|---|---|
 Smithy Lane | |
  Odstone Location within Leicestershire | |
| OS grid reference | SK3907 |
| Civil parish | |
| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Nuneaton |
| Postcode district | CV13 |
| Police | Leicestershire |
| Fire | Leicestershire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
The village appears in the Domesday Book as Odeston, meaning either "Odd's farm or village", or "settlement on the protruding piece of land", oddr being the Old Norse for "point".[2] Many local towns and villages share a similar Scandinavian heritage.
Odstone became a parish in 1866, on 1 April 1935 the parish was abolished and merged with Shackerstone.[3]
References
edit- ^ "Population statistics Odstone Hmlt/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
- ^ Watts, Victor et al., (2004) The Cambridge Dictionary of Place Names, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. ISBN 0-521-36209-1
- ^ "Relationships and changes Odstone Hmlt/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
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