Odell

Other current and historical names

Odill
Wadelle
Wahull
Woodhill
Wadehelle
Little Odell
Odell, Little

Parish/Community: Odell
Unitary Authority: Bedford
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°12'34"N 0°35'19"W
Eastings/Northings: 496522, 257752
OS Grid: SP965577
Mapcode Local: GBR DZQ.FXT
Mapcode Global: VHFPS.RQ2H

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Odell within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Odell in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Odell (or Woodhill), par. and vil., in NE. of Bedfordshire - par., 2980 ac., pop. 422; vil., on river Ouse, 1 mile NE. of Harrold; P.O.; near the vil. is Odell Castle, seat.

Odell in the Domesday Book

A village in Willey hundred, in the county of Bedfordshire.

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Overlord in 1066: King Edward
- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Freeman, one; Leofnoth son of Osmund
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Walter of Flanders
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Walter of Flanders
- Taxable Value: 5 ³⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £10 in 1066; £8 in 1070; £5 in 1086
- Households: 13 villagers; 5 smallholders; 5 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 3 men's ploughs (5 plough lands)
- Meadow: 5 ploughs
- Woodland: 60 pigs
- Mills: 1, value £1 16/7¼
2nd Manor
- Overlord in 1066: King Edward
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Alwold of Stevington
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count Eustace
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Arnulf of Ardres (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 4 ⁵⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £8 in 1066; £5 in 1070; £3 in 1086
- Households: 3 villagers; 7 smallholders; 2 slaves
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 2 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 3 ploughs
- Woodland: 50 pigs

British Place Names

Odell, Bedford

Odell is a village in Bedford

Odell in historic gazetteers

Odell in the Domesday Book