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Woodale is a hamlet in Coverdale in the Yorkshire Dales in England. It lies in the civil parish of Carlton Highdale in the Richmondshire district of North Yorkshire.[1] The River Cover flows nearby.[2]

Woodale

Woodale and Coverdale
Woodale
Location within North Yorkshire
Civil parish
  • Carlton Highdale
District
  • Richmondshire
Shire county
  • North Yorkshire
Region
  • Yorkshire and the Humber
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
PoliceNorth Yorkshire
FireNorth Yorkshire
AmbulanceYorkshire
List of places
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Yorkshire
54.2095°N 1.96842°W / 54.2095; -1.96842

The name Woodale stems from Old English and means Valley of the Wolves.[3]

The hamlet should not be confused with the even smaller settlement of Woodale in the parish of Stonebeck Up in upper Nidderdale. The two places are only 4 miles (6 km) apart.[4]


References


  1. The ancient parish of Coverham: historical and genealogical information at GENUKI (Woodale was in this parish).
  2. "Parishes: Coverham | British History Online". www.british-history.ac.uk. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
  3. Ekwall, Eilert (1960). The concise Oxford dictionary of English place-names (4 ed.). Oxford: Clarendon Press. p. 530. ISBN 0-19-869103-3.
  4. "OL30" (Map). Yorkshire Dales - Northern & Central Area. 1;25,000. Explorer. Ordnance Survey. 2016. ISBN 9780319263358.


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