Evenlode
{{about|the village|the river|River Evenlode|other uses}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}}
{{Use British English|date=February 2025}}
{{Infobox UK place
|official_name= Evenlode
|static_image_name= File:Evenlode Church - geograph.org.uk - 913625.jpg
|static_image_caption= Evenlode Church
|coordinates = {{coord|51.961|N|1.669|W|display=title|type:city(300)_region:GB-GLS}}
|os_grid_reference=SP23003000
|population= 150
|population_ref=(2016 est.){{cite web|url=https://inform.gloucestershire.gov.uk/get/ShowResourceFile.aspx?ResourceID=659#page=4 |page=4|title=Local Insight profile for 'Evenlode CP' area |author=Oxford Consultants for Social Inclusion |date=9 November 2016|work=Gloucestershire Parish Profiles|publisher=Gloucestershire County Council|access-date=2 May 2018}}
|civil_parish= Evenlode
|shire_district= Cotswold
|shire_county= Gloucestershire
|region= South West England
|country= England
|post_town=Moreton-in-Marsh
|postcode_district=GL56
|postcode_area= GL
|dial_code=
|constituency_westminster=North Cotswolds
|website=https://evenlodeparishcouncil.wordpress.com/
}}
Evenlode is a village and civil parish (ONS Code 23UC051) in the Cotswold District of eastern Gloucestershire in England.{{cite book |chapter=Parishes: Evenlode |title=Victoria County History: Worcester |volume=3 |location=London |pages=347–352 |publisher=British History Online |chapter-url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/worcs/vol3/pp347-352 |access-date=2 May 2018}}
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;{{cite web|url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/maps/sheet/bc_reports_1900s/Gloucestershire_1967|title=Gloucestershire|year=1967|work=Ordnance Survey Miscellaneous Boundary Maps|publisher=Vision of Britain|access-date=3 May 2018}} and by the Oxfordshire parish of Chastleton to the east.{{cite web|url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/maps/sheet/bc_reports_1900s/Oxfordshire_1966|title=Oxfordshire|year=1966|work=Ordnance Survey Miscellaneous Boundary Maps|publisher=Vision of Britain|access-date=3 May 2018}}
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,{{cite web|url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/maps/sheet/os_maps_1900/Warwickshire_1900|title=Warwickshire|year=1900|work=Ordnance Survey Maps of England and Wales|publisher=Vision of Britain|access-date=3 May 2018}} as well as Batsford in Gloucestershire. At its southern tip, between Broadwell and Adlestrop, Evenlode meets the parish of Oddington at a point.
History
{{See also|History of Worcestershire|History of Gloucestershire}}
File:Exclaves & Enclaves - South Worcestershire.png in the southeast corner.|left]] 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101089794-church-of-st-edward-evenlode|title=Church of St Edward, Evenlode, Gloucestershire|work=britishlistedbuildings.co.uk|access-date=2 May 2018}} It is a Church of England parish church in the Diocese of Gloucester, with an average attendance of 20 at Sunday service in 2015.{{cite web|url=https://www.gloucester.anglican.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/North-Cotswold_160360_Evenlode-St-Edward-King-Martyr.pdf|title=Dashboard for the parish of Evenlode: St Edward King & Martyr in the Deanery of North Cotswold|author=Church of England Research and Statistics|date=March 2017|publisher=Diocese of Gloucester|access-date=2 May 2018}}
Until 1931 it was a detached part of Worcestershire, in the hundred of Oswaldslow, southeast of the main body of the county.Provisional Order Confirmation (Gloucestershire, Warwickshire and Worcestershire) Act 1931 The River Evenlode, which shares its name, forms the parish's western boundary.
References
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External links
- [https://evenlodeparishcouncil.wordpress.com/ Evenlode Parish Council website]
- [https://www.citypopulation.de/php/uk-parishes-southwestengland.php?adm2id=E04004229 Evenlode] citypopulation.de
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Category:Villages in Gloucestershire