- Healaugh
infobox UK place
country = England
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static_image_caption =Healaugh village
latitude = 54.38709
longitude = -1.97477
official_name = Healaugh
population =
shire_district=Richmondshire
shire_county =North Yorkshire
region = Yorkshire and the Humber
constituency_westminster =
post_town =
postcode_district =
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dial_code =
os_grid_reference = SE017990Healaugh (pronounced "hee-law")cite web|url=http://www.herriotway.co.uk/place.php3?place=Healaugh&p=7&walk=herriotway|title=Herriot Way|work=Sherpa Expeditions Limited|year=2007|accessdate=2007-06-29] is a small village in
Swaledale in theYorkshire Dales . It is in theRichmondshire district ofNorth Yorkshire ,England and lies about 1 mile west ofReeth .The name "Healaugh" is derived from a Saxon word ("Heah") meaning a "high-level forest clearing".cite web|url=http://www.dalesman.co.uk/walks/healaugh.htm|title=Healaugh and the River Swale from Reeth|work=Dalesman magazine|year=2002-04-09|author=Dalesman Publishing Ltd|accessdate=2007-06-29]
The village is small, with no amenities except a stone trough fed by a hillside stream, 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.
Note
Confusingly, there is another small Yorkshire village called "Healaugh" just north of
Tadcaster , in the Harrogate district ofNorth Yorkshire .References
ee also
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Reeth, Fremington and Healaugh
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