Healaugh is a small village and civil parish

Civil parish

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 in Swaledale

Swaledale

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 in the Yorkshire Dales

Yorkshire Dales

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. It is in the Richmondshire

Richmondshire

Richmondshire is a local government district of North Yorkshire, England. It covers a large northern area of the Yorkshire Dales including Swaledale and Arkengarthdale, Wensleydale and Coverdale, with the prominent Scots' Dyke and Scotch Corner along the centre. Teesdale lies to the north...

 district of North Yorkshire

North Yorkshire

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, England

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 and lies about 1 mile west of Reeth

Reeth

Reeth is a village in the Yorkshire Dales within the Richmondshire district of North Yorkshire, England and principal settlement of Swaledale. It is situated at the meeting point of the two most northerly of the Yorkshire Dales: Swaledale and Arkengarthdale....

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

The village is small, with no amenities except a stone trough fed by a hillside stream, and the village telephone box

Telephone booth

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. 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

Tadcaster

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, in the Selby

Selby (district)

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 district of North Yorkshire

North Yorkshire

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