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Odstone
Location within Leicestershire
OS grid reference SK3907
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Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Nuneaton
Postcode district CV13
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52°39′N1°25′W / 52.65°N 01.42°W / 52.65; -01.42 Coordinates: 52°39′N1°25′W / 52.65°N 01.42°W / 52.65; -01.42

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]

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References

  1. "Population statistics Odstone Hmlt/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time . Retrieved 31 December 2022.
  2. Watts, Victor et al., (2004) The Cambridge Dictionary of Place Names, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. ISBN   0-521-36209-1
  3. "Relationships and changes Odstone Hmlt/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 31 December 2022.