Odsey

Odsey
Odsey
 Odsey shown within Cambridgeshire
OS grid referenceTL295385
DistrictSouth Cambridgeshire
Shire countyCambridgeshire
RegionEast
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town BALDOCK
Postcode district SG7
Dialling code 01462
EU Parliament East of England
List of places
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Coordinates: 52°01′48″N 0°06′50″W / 52.030°N 0.114°W / 52.030; -0.114

Odsey is a hamlet in Cambridgeshire close to the border with Hertfordshire near the town of Baldock. It contains a hotel and has a main line railway station (Ashwell and Morden) with direct train links to Cambridge and London. It is situated in the parish of Steeple Morden.

The original "Hundred of Odsey"[1] was named after the village.[2] The village was more important in the past than it is today, as an stop on the Icknield Way.

  1. ↑ Open Domesday Online: Odsey Hundred
  2. ↑ "British History Online". London: British History Online. Retrieved 2013-02-12.

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