Odsey

Odsey
Odsey Odsey shown within Cambridgeshire
OS grid reference	TL295385
District	South Cambridgeshire
Shire county	Cambridgeshire
Region	East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	BALDOCK
Postcode district	SG7
Dialling code	01462
EU Parliament	East of England
List of places UK England Cambridgeshire

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 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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