Evenlode is a village and
civil parish
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(
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23UC051) in the
Cotswold District
Cotswold is a local government district in Gloucestershire, England. It is named after the wider Cotswolds region and range of hills. The council is based in the district's largest town of Cirencester. The district also includes the towns of ...
of eastern
Gloucestershire
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in England.
Evenlode is bordered by the Gloucestershire parishes of
Moreton-in-Marsh
Moreton-in-Marsh is a market town in the Evenlode Valley, within the Cotswolds district and Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in Gloucestershire, England.
Its flat and low-lying site is surrounded by the Cotswold Hills. The River Evenlode r ...
to the northwest,
Longborough and
Donnington to the west,
Broadwell to the southwest, and
Adlestrop to the southeast;
and by the
Oxfordshire
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parish of
Chastleton to the east.
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
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parishes of
Little Compton and
Great Wolford, as well as
Batsford
Batsford is a village and Civil parishes in England, civil parish in the Cotswold (district), Cotswold district of Gloucestershire, England. The village is about north-west of Moreton-in-Marsh. There is a falconry centre close to the village ...
in Gloucestershire.
At its southern tip, between Broadwell and Adlestrop, Evenlode meets the parish of
Oddington at a point.
History
The parish was granted before the 10th century to
Worcester Priory, latterly as part of the
manor of
Blockley
Blockley is a village, Civil parish#United Kingdom, civil parish and Parish, ecclesiastical parish in the Cotswold (district), Cotswold district of Gloucestershire, England, about northwest of Moreton-in-Marsh. Until 1931 Blockley was an Encl ...
; 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
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built in the 12th century and restored in 1879. It is a
Church of England
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parish church in the
Diocese of Gloucester
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, with an average attendance of 20 at Sunday service in 2015.
Until 1931 it was a
detached part of
Worcestershire
Worcestershire ( , ; written abbreviation: Worcs) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the West Midlands (region), West Midlands of England. It is bordered by Shropshire, Staffordshire, and the West Midlands (county), West ...
, in the
hundred
100 or one hundred (Roman numerals, Roman numeral: C) is the natural number following 99 (number), 99 and preceding 101 (number), 101.
In mathematics
100 is the square of 10 (number), 10 (in scientific notation it is written as 102). The standar ...
of
Oswaldslow, southeast of the main body of the county.
[Provisional Order Confirmation (Gloucestershire, Warwickshire and Worcestershire) Act 1931] The
River Evenlode
The River Evenlode is a tributary of the Thames in Oxfordshire. It rises near Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire, in the Cotswold Hills and flows south-east to the Thames, its valley providing the route of the southern part of the Cotswold Li ...
, which shares its name, forms the parish's western boundary.
References
External links
Evenlode Parish Council websiteEvenlodecitypopulation.de
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Villages in Gloucestershire
Civil parishes in Gloucestershire
Former exclaves
Cotswold District