Evenlode

Evenlode is a village and civil parish (ONS Code 23UC051) in the Cotswold District of eastern Gloucestershire in England.[2]

This article is about the village. For the river, see River Evenlode. For other uses, see Evenlode (disambiguation).

Evenlode
Evenlode Church
Evenlode is located in Gloucestershire
Evenlode
Evenlode
Location within Gloucestershire
Population150 (2016 est.)[1]
OS grid referenceSP23003000
Civil parish
  • Evenlode
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townMoreton-in-Marsh
Postcode districtGL56
PoliceGloucestershire
FireGloucestershire
AmbulanceSouth Western
Websitehttps://evenlodeparishcouncil.wordpress.com/

Evenlode is bordered by the Gloucestershire parishes of Moreton-in-Marsh to the northwest, Longborough and Donnington to the west, Broadwell to the southwest, and Adlestrop to the southeast;[3] and by the Oxfordshire parish of Chastleton to the east.[4]

At Evenlode's northern tip is the Four shire stone, whose name predates the parish's 1931 transfer from Worcestershire; here at a point between Moreton-in-Marsh and Chastleton are the Warwickshire parishes of Little Compton and Great Wolford,[5] as well as Batsford in Gloucestershire.[3] At its southern tip, between Broadwell and Adlestrop, Evenlode meets the parish of Oddington at a point.[3]

History
See also: History of Worcestershire and History of Gloucestershire
This map shows pre-1931 Worcestershire in shades of red/pink. Evenlode is northwest of Daylesford in the southeast corner.

The parish was granted before the 10th century to Worcester Priory, latterly as part of the manor of Blockley; the priory's scattered lands formed many of the detached parts of the County of Worcester. The Church of St Edward King & Martyr in Evenlode is a Grade II* Listed Building built in the 12th century and restored in 1879.[6] It is a Church of England parish church in the Diocese of Gloucester, with an average attendance of 20 at Sunday service in 2015.[7]

Until 1931 it was a detached part of Worcestershire, in the hundred of Oswaldslow, southeast of the main body of the county.[8] The River Evenlode, which shares its name, forms the parish's western boundary.

References
  1. Oxford Consultants for Social Inclusion (9 November 2016). "Local Insight profile for 'Evenlode CP' area". Gloucestershire Parish Profiles. Gloucestershire County Council. p. 4. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
  2. "Parishes: Evenlode". Victoria County History: Worcester. Vol. 3. London: British History Online. pp. 347–352. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
  3. "Gloucestershire". Ordnance Survey Miscellaneous Boundary Maps. Vision of Britain. 1967. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
  4. "Oxfordshire". Ordnance Survey Miscellaneous Boundary Maps. Vision of Britain. 1966. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
  5. "Warwickshire". Ordnance Survey Maps of England and Wales. Vision of Britain. 1900. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
  6. "Church of St Edward, Evenlode, Gloucestershire". britishlistedbuildings.co.uk. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
  7. Church of England Research and Statistics (March 2017). "Dashboard for the parish of Evenlode: St Edward King & Martyr in the Deanery of North Cotswold" (PDF). Diocese of Gloucester. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
  8. Provisional Order Confirmation (Gloucestershire, Warwickshire and Worcestershire) Act 1931
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