Evenlode

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

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

Evenlode
Evenlode Church
Evenlode Location within Gloucestershire
Population	150 (2016 est.)[1]
OS grid reference	SP23003000
Civil parish	Evenlode
District	Cotswold
Shire county	Gloucestershire
Region	South West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Moreton-in-Marsh
Postcode district	GL56
Police	Gloucestershire
Fire	Gloucestershire
Ambulance	South Western
UK Parliament	North Cotswolds
Website	https://evenlodeparishcouncil.wordpress.com/
List of places UK England Gloucestershire 51.961°N 1.669°W / 51.961; -1.669

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.