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Greenodd

Village in Cumbria, England

Field	Value
country	England
static_image_name	River Crake at Greenodd.JPG
static_image_caption	The River Crake running past Greenodd
coordinates
official_name	Greenodd
type	Village
civil_parish	Egton with Newland
unitary_england	Westmorland and Furness
lieutenancy_england	Cumbria
region	North West England
constituency_westminster	Barrow and Furness
post_town	ULVERSTON
postcode_district	LA12
postcode_area	LA
dial_code	01229
os_grid_reference	SD313825
pushpin_map	United Kingdom South Lakeland
pushpin_map_caption	Location in the former district of South Lakeland

Greenodd is a village in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, 3 mi north-east of Ulverston. At the northern end of the Furness peninsula, it was historically part of Lancashire.

Greenodd sits within the civil parish of Egton with Newland at the junction of the A5092 and A590. Just outside the southern boundary of the Lake District national park, it is where the River Crake (fed by Coniston Water) flows into the River Leven (fed by Windermere), beginning the Leven Estuary.

History

The name Greenodd is of Scandinavian origin, the odd meaning ness (headland) in this case (the name translates literally as 'The Green Promontory'). Swedish toponymist Eilert Ekwall speculated that the name was not an old one, as 'odd' remained part of the Lancashire dialect until at least the early 20th century. In the late-18th and early-19th centuries Greenodd was a significant port; a creek-port of Lancaster. Exports included copper ore from Coniston, locally quarried limestone, and gunpowder from the nearby settlement of Backbarrow. Sugar, raw cotton and coal are listed in historical documents as some of the imports. Greenodd was also a shipbuilding centre with vessels up to 200 tons being constructed. On the darker side it is likely that Greenodd was involved in the North American slave trade. Today there are no signs of the former commercial activities. The Ship Inn, previously a warehouse on the quayside, is one of the few reminders of Greenodd's illustrious past.

In 2008, Greenodd was involved in a battle to save its post office. The government announced in late 2006 that it would shutting 2,500 post offices nationwide, citing the rising losses and fewer number of people using them as the primary reasons. The inhabitants of Greenodd protested at the move, and even gained the support of the MP from the neighbouring constituency of Westmorland and Lonsdale, Tim Farron. Farron put his name to a petition which gained 6,800 signatures, but it was to no avail.

Transport

Until the 1980s, the A590, connecting Furness to much of the rest of the country, ran along the village's narrow main street, causing traffic problems for the small village. These were alleviated by building a dual carriageway bypass to take the traffic over two new bridges across the River Crake. The south end of Main Street was stopped up, leaving the village effectively a cul-de-sac.

Greenodd railway station was served by the Lakeside branch of the Furness Railway from 1869 until its closure in 1965. Today there is no trace of the railway, the station having been demolished to make way for a dual-carriageway road. Greenodd is now also on the W2W Cycle Route between Walney and Wearmouth.

References

Eilert Ekwall. (1922). "The Place-Names of Lancashire". [[Manchester University Press]].
(14 December 2006). "2,500 post offices face closure". BBC News.
(19 May 2008). "Post office campaign heads to Westminster". timfarron.co.uk.

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