Stanghow

Coordinates: 54°31′52″N 0°57′36″W / 54.531°N 0.960°W / 54.531; -0.960

Stanghow village hall

Stanghow is a village in the borough of Redcar and Cleveland and the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, England. The place name Stanghow is thought to derive from the Old Norse meaning Stong-how meaning pole hill. How or Howe, deriving from the Old Norse word haugr meaning a hill, is a common element in Yorkshire place name.[1]

It has won Britain in Bloom twice, in 2010 and 2012.

References

  1. ↑ Yorkshire Place-Name Meanings

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