Healaugh

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Healaugh


Healaugh village

Healaugh (North Yorkshire)
Healaugh

Healaugh shown within North Yorkshire
OS grid reference SE017990
District Richmondshire
Shire county North Yorkshire
Region Yorkshire and the Humber
Constituent country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Police North Yorkshire
Fire North Yorkshire
Ambulance Yorkshire
European Parliament Yorkshire and the Humber
List of places: UKEnglandYorkshire

Coordinates: 54°23′14″N 1°58′29″W / 54.38709, -1.97477

Healaugh (pronounced "hee-law")[1] is a small village in Swaledale in the Yorkshire Dales. It is in the Richmondshire district of North Yorkshire, England and lies about 1 mile west of Reeth.

The name Healaugh is derived from a Saxon word (Heah) meaning a high-level forest clearing.[2]

The village is small, with no amenities except a stone trough fed by a hillside stream,[1] and the village telephone box. The latter is unusually well endowed, with a carpet, waste paper bin, ash tray, directories and fresh flowers. Visitors may leave a donation.[2]

[edit] Note

Confusingly, there is another small Yorkshire village called Healaugh just north of Tadcaster, in the Harrogate district of North Yorkshire.

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Herriot Way. Sherpa Expeditions Limited (2007). Retrieved on 2007-06-29.
  2. ^ a b Dalesman Publishing Ltd (2002-04-09). Healaugh and the River Swale from Reeth. Dalesman magazine. Retrieved on 2007-06-29.

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