Evenwood
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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 falling to 2,455 at the 2011 Census.
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It is catalogued under the topic Villages in County Durham.
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- Locality
- Evenwood
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 1,608
- Timezone
- Europe/London
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- Population
- 2455
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- Etymology and name
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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 falling to 2,455 at the 2011 Census.
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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Evenwood” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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