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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]

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]

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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.