Evenwood

This article is about the village in England. For the community in the United States, see Evenwood, West Virginia.

Evenwood
Evenwood Location within County Durham
Population	2,455
OS grid reference	NZ153112
Unitary authority	County Durham
Ceremonial county	County Durham
Region	North East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Bishop Auckland
Postcode district	DL14
Police	Durham
Fire	County Durham and Darlington
Ambulance	North East
List of places UK England County Durham 54°37′13″N1°45′40″W / 54.620195°N 1.761168°W / 54.620195; -1.761168

Evenwood is a village in County Durham, in England. It is situated to the south west of Bishop Auckland. It is in the civil parish of Evenwood and Barony, which has a population of 2,534 ^[1] falling to 2,455 at the 2011 Census. ^[2]

A former coal mining village, the major pit, Randolph Colliery with its associated coke ovens, was worked between 1893 and 1962, and at its peak in 1914 employed over 1000 men. ^[3]

Etymology and name

The name Evenwood is of Old English origin. The first element in the name is efen ("even, level") + wudu ("a wood"); equivalent to modern English even + wood and meaning "level woods". ^[4]

As a namesake

Evenwood is the namesake of Evenwood in West Virginia - the only settlement so-named in the United States - the parents of that community's founders, lumbermen John and Thomas Raine, having emigrated to the US from the County Durham village in 1849. ^{[5] [6]}

Governance

An electoral ward in the name of Evenwood exists. This ward stretches west to Woodland with a total population of 8,114. ^[7]

References

1. census Office for National Statistics : Census 2001 : Parish Headcounts : Teesdale Retrieved 2009-09-18
2. "Civil Parish population 2011" . Retrieved 9 July 2015.
3. Durham Mining Museum : Randolph Colliery Retrieved 2009-09-18
4. "A Key to English Place-Names". University of Nottingham. Retrieved 19 December 2024.
5. Kenny, Hamill (1945). West Virginia Place Names: Their Origin and Meaning, Including the Nomenclature of the Streams and Mountains. Piedmont, WV: The Place Name Press. p. 234.
6. Lloyd, Chris (21 June 2018). "How Evenwood came to give its name to a US settlement in West Virginia". Northern Echo. Retrieved 19 December 2024.
7. "Evanwood ward population 2011" . Retrieved 9 July 2015.

External links

Media related to Evenwood at Wikimedia Commons