In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Odsey like this:

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.

Odsey through time

Odsey is now part of NORTH HERTFORDSHIRE District. Click here for graphs and data of how NORTH HERTFORDSHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Odsey itself, go to Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Odsey, in North Hertfordshire and Hertfordshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/20601

Date accessed: 08th April 2026


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