English Place-name Society

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.

Odensil Fm

Early-attested site in the Parish of Solihull

Historical Forms

  • Solihull t.Hy3 Dugdale

Etymology

Odensil Fm takes its name from the family of Odingsells which first makes its appearance in Solihull t. Hy 3 (Dugdale 687).The tradition with regard to this family was that the first member, Hugh de Odingsells who is mentioned t. John (ib. 228), was a Fleming. If so, his family probably came from the place called Oudinghesela in the 11th century, later Oudezeele in Flanders, Dép. du Nord (Förstemann, ON i, 89 and ii, 1483).The family became important in England by inheriting a portion of the Limesi barony of which the head was at Solihull.