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Odsey was a judicial and taxation subdivision (a "''
It comprised the following parishes:
hundred
100 or one hundred (Roman numeral: C) is the natural number following 99 and preceding 101.
In medieval contexts, it may be described as the short hundred or five score in order to differentiate the English and Germanic use of "hundred" to de ...
"'') of Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire ( or ; often abbreviated Herts) is one of the home counties in southern England. It borders Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire to the north, Essex to the east, Greater London to the south, and Buckinghamshire to the west. For govern ...
, in the northeast of the county, that existed from the 10th to the 19th century.
It comprised the following parishes: Ardeley
Ardeley is a small village and civil parish in East Hertfordshire, England. The parish includes the hamlet of Cromer, as well as Wood End and Moor Green.
Ardeley is located east of Stevenage.
Description
Ardeley village has a number of that ...
, Ashwell, Broadfield, Bygrave
Bygrave is a village and civil parish in the North Hertfordshire district of Hertfordshire, England, about 2 miles north-east of Baldock. In the 10th century the parish was called Bigraffan and 11th to 16th centuries Bigrave. According to the ...
, Caldecote, Clothall
Clothall is a village and civil parish in the county of Hertfordshire, England, with a population of 358. It is situated south-east of Baldock
Baldock ( ) is a historic market town and unparished area in the local government district of Nor ...
, Cottered
Cottered is a village and civil parish west of Buntingford and east of Baldock in the East Hertfordshire District of Hertfordshire in England. It had a population of 634 in 2001, increasing to 659 at the 2011 Census.
Cottered is home to a Ja ...
, Hinxworth
Hinxworth is a village and civil parish in North Hertfordshire, England. It sits just off the Great North Road between Baldock and Biggleswade. It has a village hall, a park, a pub, a small church, a bus stop and a post box. The population at th ...
, Kelshall
Kelshall is a small village in North East Hertfordshire, England. It is near the town of Royston. It has a village hall and the local church is St Faith's. Kelshall is also the name of the civil parish. Kelshall also has a major road running alo ...
, Newnham, Radwell, Reed
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* ...
, Royston, Rushden
Rushden is a market town and civil parishes in England, civil parish in North Northamptonshire, England, around east of Northampton. The parish is on the border with Bedfordshire, north of Bedford.
The parish of Rushden covers an area of some ...
, Sandon, Therfield
Therfield is both a small village of approximately 4,761 acres (19 km²) and a civil parish which sits upon the chalk range, three miles southwest of Royston, and six miles (10 km) northeast of Baldock and within the English county of ...
and Wallington. Newnham was transferred to Cashio Hundred some time between 1086 and 1286.
The hundred appears to have been named after Odsey Grange, part of the parish of Guilden Morden
Guilden Morden, England, is a village and parish located in Cambridgeshire about south west of Cambridge and west of Royston in Hertfordshire. It is served by the main line Ashwell and Morden railway station to the south in the neighbouring p ...
, Cambridgeshire, indicating that the hundred originally included additional territory to the north.
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