Healaugh, Richmondshire

Healaugh

Healaugh village
Healaugh
Healaugh shown within North Yorkshire
OS grid reference SE017990
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Police North Yorkshire
Fire North Yorkshire
Ambulance Yorkshire
EU Parliament Yorkshire and the Humber
UK Parliament

Healaugh (pronounced "hee-law")[1] is a small village and civil parish 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]

On 5 July 2014, the Tour de France Stage 1 from Leeds to Harrogate passed through the village.[3]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Herriot Way". Sherpa Expeditions Limited. 2007. Retrieved 2007-06-29.
  2. 1 2 Dalesman Publishing Ltd (2002-04-09). "Healaugh and the River Swale from Reeth". Dalesman magazine. Retrieved 2007-06-29.
  3. ↑ "Tour de France Stage 1". Retrieved 15 July 2014.

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