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]
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]
odstone, hamlet, former, civil, parish, parish, shackerstone, hinckley, bosworth, district, leicestershire, england, stands, marked, promontory, high, ground, between, river, valleys, 1931, parish, population, smithy, lanelocation, within, leicestershireos, gr. 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 OdstoneSmithy LaneOdstoneLocation within LeicestershireOS grid referenceSK3907Civil parishShackerstoneDistrictHinckley and BosworthShire countyLeicestershireRegionEast MidlandsCountryEnglandSovereign stateUnited KingdomPost townNuneatonPostcode districtCV13PoliceLeicestershireFireLeicestershireAmbulanceEast MidlandsList of places UK England Leicestershire 52 39 N 1 25 W 52 65 N 01 42 W 52 65 01 42 Coordinates 52 39 N 1 25 W 52 65 N 01 42 W 52 65 01 42The 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 External links EditWebsite for the people of Odstone This Leicestershire location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Odstone amp oldid 1130739169, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
