Odd Rode
The Bleeding Wolf public house, Odd Rode
Odd Rode Location within Cheshire
Population	5,442 (2011)
OS grid reference	SJ830577
Civil parish	Odd Rode[1]
Unitary authority	Cheshire East
Ceremonial county	Cheshire
Region	North West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	STOKE-ON-TRENT
Postcode district	ST7
Dialling code	01270
Police	Cheshire
Fire	Cheshire
Ambulance	North West
UK Parliament	Congleton
List of places UK England Cheshire 53°06′58″N 2°15′14″W / 53.116°N 2.254°W / 53.116; -2.254

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,^[2][3] and includes the settlements of:

• Scholar Green
• Mow Cop
• Mount Pleasant
• Rode Heath
• Thurlwood
• The Bank

The population of the civil parish as of the 2011 census was 5,442.^[4]

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

Churches

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.^[5]

Toponymy

"Rode" (Old English rod) means "(wood)land cleared for farming". There are several competing explanations of the meaning of "Odd": "Old";^[6] "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 thirteenth-century tenant of the manor; "Odda's", from an Old English forename.^[7]