Evenwood is a village in
County Durham, in
England
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. It is situated to the south west of
Bishop Auckland. It is in the
civil parish
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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.
Governance
An
electoral ward in the name of Evenwood exists. This ward stretches west to
Woodland
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with a total population of 8,114.
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Villages in County Durham
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