UK Genealogy Archives logo
DISCLOSURE: This page may contain affiliate links, meaning when you click the links and make a purchase, we may receive a commission.

Odstone, Leicestershire

Historical Description

Odstone, a hamlet and a township in Shackerstone parish, Leicestershire, on an affluent of the river Anker, and on the Ashby-de-la-Zouch Canal, 3½ miles N by W of Market Bosworth. Acreage of township, 1134; population, 170. The manor belongs to Earl Howe.

Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Ancient CountyLeicestershire 
Civil parishShackerstone 
HundredSparkenhoe 
Poor Law unionMarket-Bosworth 

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.


Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Odstone from the following:


Land and Property

A full transcript of the Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Leicestershire is online.


Maps

Online maps of Odstone are available from a number of sites:


Newspapers and Periodicals

The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Leicestershire newspapers online:

DistrictHinckley and Bosworth
CountyLeicestershire
RegionEast Midlands
CountryEngland
Postal districtCV13
Post TownNuneaton

Advertisement

Advertisement