Place:Evenwood and Barony, Durham, England

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NameEvenwood and Barony
Alt namesEvenwoodsource: settlement in parish
Baronysource: settlement in parish
Evenwood Gatesource: settlement in parish (modern)
TypeTownship, Civil parish
Coordinates54.617°N 1.767°W
Located inDurham, England     ( - 1946)
See alsoAuckland St. Andrew, Durham, Englandancient parish in which it was a township
Auckland St. Helen, Durham, Englandchapelry for Barony
Darlington Ward, Durham, Englandancient county division in which it was located
Auckland Rural, Durham, Englandrural district of which it was part 1894-1937
Barnard Castle Rural, Durham, Englandrural district of which it was part 1937-1974
Etherley, Durham, Englandparish which absorbed it in 1946
Teesdale District, Durham, Englanddistrict municipality covering the area 1974-2009
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source: Family History Library Catalog
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Evenwood is a village in County Durham, England. It is situated to the southwest of Bishop Auckland. It is in the civil parish of Evenwood and Barony, which had a population of 2,534 in the UK census of 2001 which fell 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.

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Barony was originally a township under the chapelry of Auckland St. Helen in the ancient parish of Auckland St. Andrew in County Durham. Evenwood was the ecclesiastical parish. The two became one civil parish in 1866. From 1894 until 1937 it was part of Auckland Rural District and from 1937 until 1974 part of Barnard Castle Rural District. In 1937 it was enlarged when Witton le Wear parish was abolished and, in 1946, Barony itself was abolished and absorbed into Etherley parish. Between 1974 and 2009 it became part of the larger Teesdale non-metropolitan district. Since 2009 County Durham has been a unitary authority.

A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Evenwood from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72:

"EVENWOOD, a village and a chapelry in Barony township, Auckland-St. Andrew parish, Durham. The village stands on an eminence, above the river Gaunless, adjacent to the Northern Counties Union railway, 5 miles SW of Bishop-Auckland; and has a station on the railway. The chapelry was constituted in 1863. Post town, Cockfield, under Darlington. Population: 1,949. Many of the inhabitants are coal miners. A castle once stood here; and there are still traces of its moat. The living is a [perpetual] curacy in the diocese of Durham. Value: £150. Patron: alternately the Crown and the Bishop. There is a Wesleyan chapel."

A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Barony from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72:

"BARONY, a township in St. Andrew-Auckland parish, Durham; on the river Gannless, and on the Northern Counties Union railway, at Evenwood station, 7 miles SW of Bishop-Auckland. It includes the hamlet of Evenwood; contains extensive coal-mines; and belongs to the Bishop of Durham. Acres: 5,336. Real property: £10,247, of which £4,820 are in mines. Population: 2,674. Houses: 518."

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