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Woodale

Coordinates: 54°12′34″N 1°58′06″W / 54.2095°N 1.96842°W / 54.2095; -1.96842
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Woodale
Woodale and Coverdale
Woodale is located in North Yorkshire
Woodale
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54°12′34″N 1°58′06″W / 54.2095°N 1.96842°W / 54.2095; -1.96842

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

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]

From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the district of Richmondshire, it is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council.

References

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  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: Oxford University Press. p. 530. OCLC 1228215388.
  4. ^ "OL30" (Map). Yorkshire Dales - Northern & Central Area. 1;25,000. Explorer. Ordnance Survey. 2016. ISBN 9780319263358.