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. Notable people Christine McVie of Fleetwood Mac was born in the nearby village of Bouth. See also Listed buildings in Colton, Cumbria Listed buildings in Egton with Newland References External links Cumbria County History Trust: Egton with Newland (nb: provisional research only – see Talk page) The online petition to try to save Greenodd Post Office Villages in Cumbria South Lakeland District Furness