Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for ODSEY

ODSEY, a hundred in the N of Herts; adjacent to Cambridgeshire; and containing Ashwell parish, fourteen other parishes, and part of Royston. Acres, 32, 386. Pop. in 1851, 8, 552; in 1861, 8, 174. Houses, 1, 698.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

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Feature Description: "a hundred"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 3rd order divisions")
Administrative units: Hertfordshire Ancient County
Place: Odsey

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