Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Odle

Early-attested site in the Parish of Luppitt

Historical Forms

Wodhulle 1278,1281 Ass

Wodhille 1333 SR

Odehill, Wodehill 1469 Ct

Etymology

Probably 'woad hill,' cf. Odell PN BedsHu 34. For the modern form, cf. Oatnell supra 207.

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement

Luppitt