Healaugh (pronounced "hee-law") is a small village in the

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Reeth, Fremington and Healaugh Reeth, Fremington and Healaugh is a civil parish in the Richmondshire district of North Yorkshire, England. It consists of the three villages of Reeth Reeth is a village west of Richmond in the Richmondshire district of North Yorkshire ...

, in

Swaledale Swaledale is one of the northernmost dales (valleys) in Yorkshire Dales National Park, located in northern England. It is the dale of the River Swale on the east side of the Pennines in North Yorkshire. Geographical overview Swaledale runs ...

in the

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. It is in the

Richmondshire {{Infobox settlement , name = Richmondshire District , type = District , image_skyline = , imagesize = , image_caption = , image_blank_emblem= Richmondshire arms.png , blank_emblem_type = Coat ...

district of

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, England and lies about 1 mile west of

Reeth Reeth is a village west of Richmond in the Richmondshire district of North Yorkshire, England, in the civil parish of Reeth, Fremington and Healaugh. Historically part of the North Riding of Yorkshire, it is the principal settlement of uppe ...

. 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

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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. On 5 July 2014, the

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Stage 1 from Leeds to Harrogate passed through the village.

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Villages in North Yorkshire Civil parishes in North Yorkshire Swaledale {{richmondshire-geo-stub

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