Odstone

Human settlement in England
  • Shackerstone
District
  • Hinckley and Bosworth
Shire county
  • Leicestershire
Region
  • East Midlands
CountryEnglandSovereign stateUnited KingdomPost townNuneatonPostcode districtCV13PoliceLeicestershireFireLeicestershireAmbulanceEast Midlands
List of places
UK
England
Leicestershire
52°39′N 1°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]

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.
  • Website for the people of Odstone


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