▁app reh ended ▁and ▁it ▁was ▁believed ▁that ▁he ▁had ▁escaped ▁the ▁country . ▁In ▁ 1 8 3 0 , ▁a ▁body ▁was ▁found ▁which ▁was ▁later ▁identified ▁to ▁be ▁that ▁of ▁Hem ming . ▁ ▁Govern ance ▁O dd ing ley ▁is ▁in ▁the ▁Bow bro ok ▁w ard ▁of ▁the ▁Wor c esters hire ▁district ▁of ▁W ych av on . ▁It ▁is ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁constitu ency ▁of ▁Mid ▁Wor c esters hire , ▁represented ▁at ▁parliament ▁by ▁Conserv ative ▁MP ▁N ig el ▁Hud dl eston . ▁It ▁is ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁West ▁Mid lands ▁constitu ency ▁of ▁the ▁European ▁Parliament . ▁ ▁Geography ▁O dd ing ley ▁lies ▁approximately ▁ ▁north - east ▁of ▁the ▁county ▁town ▁of ▁Wor c ester ▁and ▁about ▁ ▁south ▁of ▁D roit wich . ▁Near by ▁villages ▁to ▁O dd ing ley ▁include ▁Had zor , ▁New land , ▁Dun h amp st ead , ▁S ale way , ▁S ale ▁Green ▁and ▁Tib ber ton . ▁It ▁is ▁situated ▁close ▁to ▁the ▁Wor c ester ▁and ▁B irmingham ▁Canal . ▁ ▁Dem ography ▁The ▁population ▁of ▁O dd ing ley , ▁according ▁to ▁the ▁ 1 8 0 1 ▁census , ▁was ▁ 1 1 0 . ▁In ▁the ▁ 1 9 9 1 ▁census , ▁the ▁population ▁of ▁the ▁village ▁was ▁recorded ▁as ▁ 1 6 5 . ▁By ▁ 2 0 0 1 , ▁this ▁had ▁grown ▁to ▁ 1 9 7 ▁with ▁ 7 7 ▁households .