Odd Rode

Odd Rode

The Bleeding Wolf public house, Odd Rode
Odd Rode
Odd Rode shown within Cheshire
Population 5,442 (2011)
OS grid reference SJ830577
Civil parish
  • Odd Rode
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town STOKE-ON-TRENT
Postcode district ST7
Dialling code 01270
Police Cheshire
Fire Cheshire
Ambulance North West
EU Parliament North West England
UK Parliament

Odd Rode is a civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. It borders the Staffordshire parish of Kidsgrove,[1][2] and includes the settlements of:

The population of the civil parish as of the 2011 census was 5,442.[3]

Of particular note in the area is Rode Hall, seat of the Wilbraham family.

There are three Anglican (CofE) churches in the parish: All Saints', Scholar Green; St. Luke's, Mow Cop; and The Church of the Good Shepherd, Rode Heath. The churches have long histories and host services and events throughout the year. The current incumbent priest is the Rev. Philip Atkinson.

Toponymy

"Rode" (Old English rod) means "(wood)land cleared for farming". There are several competing explanations of the meaning of "Odd": "Old";[4] "Odd" (Middle English odde) in the sense of "the third of three", i.e. to contrast this Rode with North Rode and Rode Heath; "Hood's" (Middle English hod), from the name of a 13th-century tenant of the manor; "Odda's", from an Old English forename.[5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Countryside Access and Public Rights of Way". Staffordshire Country Council. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
  2. ↑ "Interactive Mapping". Cheshire East and Cheshire West and Chester councils. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
  3. ↑ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
  4. ↑ "Key to English Place-names". The Institute for Name-Studies, Nottingham University. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
  5. ↑ Dodgson, J.M. (1970). The Place-Names of Cheshire. 2. p. 306. ASIN B000WXQYLY.


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