ODELL, a parish in the hundred of WILLEY,
county of BEDFORD, 1 mile (N. B by N.) from Harrold,
containing 439 inhabitants. The living is a rectory,
in the archdeaconry of Bedford, and diocese of Lincoln,
rated in the king's books at £19. T. Alston, Esq. was
patron in 1798. The church is dedicated to All Saints.
This place formerly possessed a market, granted to
William Fitzwarren, in 1222, which has been long disused;
but a fair is held on the Thursday and Friday in
Whitsun-week. Odell castle, the seat of the Alston
family, a small part of which constitutes the remains
of the ancient building of the same name, stands conspicuously
on an eminence, commanding a fine view of
the river Ouse.