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 is located in Leicestershire
Odstone
Odstone
Location within Leicestershire
OS grid referenceSK3907
Civil parish
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townNuneaton
Postcode districtCV13
PoliceLeicestershire
FireLeicestershire
AmbulanceEast Midlands
List of places
UK
England
Leicestershire
52°39′N 1°25′W / 52.65°N 01.42°W / 52.65; -01.42

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

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  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.
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