[2][3] Of particular note in the area is Rode Hall, seat of the Wilbraham family.

The parish includes the settlements of Scholar Green, Mow Cop, Mount Pleasant, Rode Heath, Thurlwood and The Bank.

[4] "Rode" (Old English rod) means "(wood)land cleared for farming".

There are several competing explanations of the meaning of "Odd": "Old";[5] "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.

The churches have long histories and host services and events throughout the year.