In  the  Anglo-Saxon  time,  Callow  Hill  (Calwan  Hill)  was  one  of
the  boundaries  of  Oddingleyf.  The  name  is  spelled  Oddungalea,
Odduncalea,  Odingalea,  Oddinga-lea,  Oddungahlea  sive  Oddin-
gleye,  in  several  Anglo-Saxon  chartei's},  and  Oddunclei  in
"  Domesday  Book."  With  respect  to  the  etymology  of  Oddingley,
Dr.  Nash  says§, — "  It  would  be  childish  to  repeat  the  legend  of
two  giants,  Odd  and  Dingley,  who  are  said  to  have  fought  upon
the  Common  here ;  and  Dingley  getting  the  better,  Odd  is  said  to
have  cried  out, —

"  Oh  Dingley,  Dingley,  spare  my  breath,
It  shall  be  called  Oddingley  Heath.
"  But  perhaps  it  might  derive  its  name  from  Oddo,  a  noble
duke  of  the  Mercians,  who,  together  with  Doddo,  another  Mercian
duke,  were  buried  in  Pershore  Church,  the  latter  taking  the
habit  of  a  monk  there  |{."  However,  the  Doctor  afterwards  says,
Oddingley  means  the  field  of  OdinglF ;  and,  if  by  that  he  meant
the  Saxon  God,  Odin,  or  Woden  **,  we  think  he  is  quite  correct.
*  By  Venta  Belgariiun  (Winchester),  and  Clansentnm  (Bittern),
f  See  Nash,  Vol.  ii.,  App.  51 ;  and  Homing's  *'  Cartulary,"  p.  350.
I  See  Heming's  *'  Cartnlary,"  p.  160,  &c.
$  Vol.  u.,  p.  200.
II  Dugd.  "  Mon."  i.,  154.  It  is  said  they  founded  Tewkesbury  Monastery,
and  Dudley  Castle.— (See  Saxon  Chronicle.)

%  See  Vol.  ii.,  p.  437.  There  certainly  was  a  person  of  the  name  of  Odin,
an  under-tenant  of  land  in  Cheshire  at  the  formation  of  the  **  Domesday"
Survey.
**  It  is  said  that  Wednesbury,  in  Staffordshire,  means  Wodensbory.
Heming's  ^  Cartulary,"  p.  431,  notices  Wodnesfeld.
This  place  is  supposed  to  have  been  one  of  the  Anglo-Saxon
marks*.
