# Greenodd > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Greenodd > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Greenodd.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenodd > Source revision: 1322352825 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Village in Cumbria, England}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}} {{Use British English|date=September 2019}} {{Infobox UK place | country = England | static_image_name = River Crake at Greenodd.JPG | static_image_caption = The [River Crake](/source/River_Crake) running past Greenodd | coordinates = {{coord|54.234|-3.054|display=inline,title}} | official_name = Greenodd | type = Village | population = | population_ref = | civil_parish = [Egton with Newland](/source/Egton_with_Newland) | unitary_england = [Westmorland and Furness](/source/Westmorland_and_Furness) | lieutenancy_england = [Cumbria](/source/Cumbria) | region = North West England | constituency_westminster = [Barrow and Furness](/source/Barrow_and_Furness_(UK_Parliament_constituency)) | 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](/source/Westmorland_and_Furness), [Cumbria](/source/Cumbria), England, {{Convert|3|mi|km}} north-east of [Ulverston](/source/Ulverston). At the northern end of the [Furness](/source/Furness) peninsula, it was [historically](/source/Historic_counties_of_England) part of [Lancashire](/source/Lancashire). Greenodd sits within the civil parish of [Egton with Newland](/source/Egton_with_Newland) at the junction of the [A5092](/source/A5092_road) and [A590](/source/A590_road). Just outside the southern boundary of the [Lake District](/source/Lake_District) national park, it is where the [River Crake](/source/River_Crake) (fed by [Coniston Water](/source/Coniston_Water)) flows into the [River Leven](/source/River_Leven%2C_Cumbria) (fed by [Windermere](/source/Windermere)), beginning the Leven Estuary. ==History== The name ''Greenodd'' is of [Scandinavia](/source/Scandinavia)n origin, the ''odd'' meaning ''ness'' (headland) in this case (the name translates literally as 'The Green Promontory'). Swedish toponymist [Eilert Ekwall](/source/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.{{cite book|author=Eilert Ekwall|author-link=Eilert Ekwall|publisher=[Manchester University Press](/source/Manchester_University_Press)|title=The Place-Names of Lancashire|year=1922}} In the late-18th and early-19th centuries Greenodd was a significant port; a [creek-port](/source/Tidal_creek) of [Lancaster](/source/Lancaster%2C_Lancashire). Exports included [copper](/source/copper) ore from [Coniston](/source/Coniston%2C_Cumbria), locally quarried [limestone](/source/limestone), and [gunpowder](/source/gunpowder) from the nearby settlement of [Backbarrow](/source/Backbarrow). [Sugar](/source/Sugar), raw [cotton](/source/cotton) and [coal](/source/coal) are listed in historical documents as some of the imports. Greenodd was also a [shipbuilding](/source/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](/source/North_American) [slave trade](/source/History_of_slavery). 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](/source/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.{{cite news |date=14 December 2006 |title=2,500 post offices face closure |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6176929.stm |access-date=19 September 2008 |publisher=BBC News}} The inhabitants of Greenodd protested at the move, and even gained the support of the MP from the neighbouring constituency of [Westmorland and Lonsdale](/source/Westmorland_and_Lonsdale_(UK_Parliament_constituency)), [Tim Farron](/source/Tim_Farron). Farron put his name to a petition which gained 6,800 signatures,{{cite web |date=19 May 2008 |title=Post office campaign heads to Westminster |url=http://www.timfarron.co.uk/news/000424/post_office_campaign_heads_to_westminster.html |accessdate=19 September 2008 |publisher=timfarron.co.uk}} 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](/source/Greenodd_railway_station) was served by the [Lakeside](/source/Lakeside%2C_Cumbria) branch of the [Furness Railway](/source/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](/source/W2W) Cycle Route between [Walney](/source/Walney) and [Wearmouth](/source/Sunderland%2C_Tyne_and_Wear). ==See also== {{portal|Cumbria}} *[Listed buildings in Colton, Cumbria](/source/Listed_buildings_in_Colton%2C_Cumbria) *[Listed buildings in Egton with Newland](/source/Listed_buildings_in_Egton_with_Newland) ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== {{Commons category|Greenodd}} *[http://www.cumbriacountyhistory.org.uk/township/egton-newland Cumbria County History Trust: Egton with Newland] (nb: provisional research only – see Talk page) *[https://web.archive.org/web/20080430041340/http://saveourpostoffice.net/ The online petition to try to save Greenodd Post Office] * ENMO heritage project https://www.enmoheritageproject.org.uk/research-articles/greenodd {{Authority control}} Category:Villages in Cumbria Category:Westmorland and Furness Category:Furness --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Greenodd](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenodd) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenodd?action=history)). 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