| Official Name: | Evenlode |
| Static Image Name: | File:Evenlode Church - geograph.org.uk - 913625.jpg |
| Static Image Caption: | Evenlode Church |
| Coordinates: | 51.961°N -1.669°W |
| Os Grid Reference: | SP23003000 |
| Population: | 150 |
| Population Ref: | (2016 est.)[1] |
| 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 |
| Website: | https://evenlodeparishcouncil.wordpress.com/ |
Evenlode is a village and civil parish (ONS Code 23UC051) in the Cotswold District of eastern Gloucestershire in England.[2]
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]
See also: History of Worcestershire and History of Gloucestershire. 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.