Place:Healaugh (near Reeth), North Riding of Yorkshire, England

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Healaugh is a small village and civil parish in Swaledale in the Yorkshire Dales. It is in the Richmondshire District of North Yorkshire, England and lies about 1 mile west of Reeth. It is part of the civil parish of Reeth, formerly known as the parish of Reeth, Fremington and Healaugh, and is about 1 mile west of the main settlement. The name Healaugh is derived from a Saxon word ("Heah") meaning a high-level forest clearing.

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Healaugh is now in the Richmondshire district of North Yorkshire, England. Prior to the nationwide municipal reorganization of 1974, Healaugh was part of Reeth Rural District. Historically, it was located in the ecclesiastical parish of Grinton in the Hang West Wapentake.

Research Tips

• The FamilySearch wiki on the ecclesiastical parish of Reeth provides a list of useful resources for the local area.
• A Vision of Britain through Time on the parish of Reeth.
• A Vision of Britain through Time provides links to three maps of the North Riding, produced by the United Kingdom Ordnance Survey, illustrating the boundaries between the civil parishes and the rural districts at various dates. These maps all expand to a scale that will illustrate small villages and large farms or estates.

• Ordnance Survey North Riding 1888. The "Sanitary Districts (which preceded the rural districts) for the whole of the North Riding.
• Ordnance Survey North 1900. The rural and urban districts, not long after their introduction.
• Ordnance Survey North Riding 1944. The urban and rural districts of the whole of the North Riding after the revisions of 1935.