Evenlode

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Evenlode
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Evenlode
Location within Gloucestershire
Population150 (2016 est.) [1]
OS grid reference SP23003000
Civil parish
  • Evenlode
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Moreton-in-Marsh
Postcode district GL56
Police Gloucestershire
Fire Gloucestershire
Ambulance South Western
Website https://evenlodeparishcouncil.wordpress.com/
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Coordinates: 51°57′40″N1°40′08″W / 51.961°N 1.669°W / 51.961; -1.669

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

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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

This map shows pre-1931 Worcestershire in shades of red/pink. Evenlode is northwest of Daylesford in the southeast corner. Exclaves & Enclaves - South Worcestershire.png
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.

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References

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  2. "Parishes: Evenlode". Victoria County History: Worcester. 3. London: British History Online. pp. 347–352. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
  3. 1 2 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