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Stean
Stean shown within North Yorkshire |
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| Population | 10 |
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| OS grid reference | SE085735 |
| Parish | Stonebeck Down |
| District | Harrogate |
| Shire county | North Yorkshire |
| Region | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | HARROGATE |
| Postcode district | HG3 |
| Police | North Yorkshire |
| Fire | North Yorkshire |
| Ambulance | Yorkshire |
| EU Parliament | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| UK Parliament | Skipton and Ripon |
| List of places: UK • England • Yorkshire | |
Stean is a small village and in the Harrogate borough of North Yorkshire, England. It is in Nidderdale and 8 miles north of Pateley Bridge.
It is located on Stean beck, which flows through How Stean Gorge which includes a cave named after Tom Taylor, a highwayman who is rumoured to have hidden there.
According to http://lexin.nada.kth.se/cgi-bin/swe-eng the translation of Tom Hala (Hay ler – Taylor?)is "empty hole cave." [tom:] [h'å:la] Swedish entry word tom [tom:] tomt tomma adj. utan innehåll (also used figuratively, "without meaningful content") <tom (på x)> English translation empty
Swedish entry word håla [²h'å:la] hålan hålor noun fördjupning el. hålighet (i berg el. jord) (figuratively, an nuninterestingn place; in compounds, also a ndenn) English translation cave; den, hole, burrow
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