Handale is a
hamlet
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, that is south of
Loftus, in the borough of
Redcar and Cleveland
Redcar and Cleveland is a unitary authority area with borough status in the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, England. Its council has been a unitary authority since 1996.
The borough was created in 1974 as Langbaurgh, and was one of four ...
and the
ceremonial county
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of
North Yorkshire
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, England.
Handale was once the site of a
Cistercian nunnery
Cistercian nuns are female members of the Cistercian Order, a religious order of the Catholic Church.
History
The Cistercian Order was initially a male order. Cistercian female monasteries began to appear by 1125. The first Cistercian monastery ...
, founded in 1133.
There is a legend that the woods in the area were once the haunt of a
dragon
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known as the Handale Serpent. It is said that the dragon was slain by a man named Scaw, after whom Scaw Wood is named.
See also
*
Handale Priory
References
External links
Hamlets in North Yorkshire
Places in the Tees Valley
Loftus, North Yorkshire
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