Odsey
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Odsey | |
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Location within Cambridgeshire | |
OS grid reference | TL295385 |
District | |
Shire county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | BALDOCK |
Postcode district | SG7 |
Dialling code | 01462 |
Odsey is a hamlet in Cambridgeshire close to the border with Hertfordshire and near the town of Baldock. It contains a hotel and has a main-line railway station (Ashwell and Morden) which services the three closest villages: Ashwell, Steeple Morden and Guilden Morden, and offers direct train links to Cambridge and London Kings Cross. It is situated in the parish of Steeple Morden.
The original "Hundred of Odsey"[1] was named after the hamlet,[2] and the area was important in the past as a stop on the Icknield Way.
- ^ Open Domesday Online: Odsey Hundred
- ^ "British History Online". London: British History Online. Retrieved 2013-02-12.
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