Evenwood
| Evenwood | |
|---|---|
  Evenwood Location within County Durham | |
| Population | 2,455 |
| OS grid reference | NZ153112 |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Bishop Auckland |
| Postcode district | DL14 |
| Police | Durham |
| Fire | County Durham and Darlington |
| Ambulance | North East |
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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]An electoral ward in the name of Evenwood exists. This ward stretches west to Woodland with a total population of 8,114.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ census Office for National Statistics : Census 2001 : Parish Headcounts : Teesdale Retrieved 2009-09-18
- ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 9 July 2015.
- ^ Durham Mining Museum : Randolph Colliery Retrieved 2009-09-18
- ^ "A Key to English Place-Names". University of Nottingham. Retrieved 19 December 2024.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Evanwood ward population 2011". Retrieved 9 July 2015.
External links
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Media related to Evenwood at Wikimedia Commons
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