Woodale
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 | |
.svg.png.webp)  Woodale Location within North Yorkshire | |
| Civil parish | |
| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Police | North Yorkshire |
| Fire | North Yorkshire |
| Ambulance | Yorkshire |
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
- The ancient parish of Coverham: historical and genealogical information at GENUKI (Woodale was in this parish).
- "Parishes: Coverham | British History Online". www.british-history.ac.uk. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
- Ekwall, Eilert (1960). The concise Oxford dictionary of English place-names (4 ed.). Oxford: Clarendon Press. p. 530. ISBN 0-19-869103-3.
- "OL30" (Map). Yorkshire Dales - Northern & Central Area. 1;25,000. Explorer. Ordnance Survey. 2016. ISBN 9780319263358.
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