Odney

Odney
Grove Farm and Odney Common
Odney is located in Berkshire
Odney
Odney
Location within Berkshire
OS grid referenceSU898854
Metropolitan borough
Metropolitan county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townMAIDENHEAD
Postcode districtSL6
Dialling code01628
PoliceThames Valley
FireRoyal Berkshire
AmbulanceSouth Central
UK Parliament
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UK
England
Berkshire
51°33′38″N 0°42′17″W / 51.560559°N 0.704824°W / 51.560559; -0.704824

Odney is a common in the Thames, part of the civil parish of Cookham, in the English county of Berkshire, and occupies most of the Formosa Island eyot. The island may have been sacred to the main Saxon god, Woden, as "Wodenes-Eye" ("Woden’s Isle").[1]

  1. ^ Ford, David Nash. "The Historic Buildings of Berkshire: Lullebrook Manor, Cookham, Berkshire". www.berkshirehistory.com. David Nash Ford Publishing. Retrieved 17 January 2015.