Halwill

A map of Halwill from 1946

St Peter and St James church, Halwill

Halwill is a village in Devon, England just off the A3079 Okehampton to Holsworthy road. About a mile away on the main road is another settlement called Halwill Junction.

This name brings to mind the former significance of the two villages, as home to an important railway junction, where the North Cornwall Railway (forming part of a main line railway from Exeter to Plymouth) diverged from the earlier Okehampton to Bude Line, see Halwill Junction railway station. Portions for the two routes separated and rejoined at Halwill station, giving the villages a much better service than larger habitations in the area.

There is a football pitch in Halwill as well as a newsagents, Fish and Chip shop and other shops. The local football team play on the football pitch.

Notable people

William Stanlake, recipient of the Victoria Cross

External links

Media related to Halwill at Wikimedia Commons

Coordinates: 50°46′N 4°14′W / 50.767°N 4.233°W / 50.767; -4.233

Towns, villages and hamlets in the Torridge District of Devon, England

	Alfardisworthy Appledore Bideford Bradworthy Buckland Brewer Bucks Mills Bulkworthy Clawton Clovelly Dolton Great Torrington Halwill Hartland Holsworthy Huntshaw Langtree Little Torrington Newton St Petrock Northam Milton Damerel Peters Marland Petrockstowe Pyworthy Quoditch Roborough St Giles on the Heath Stibb Cross Tetcott Welcombe Westward Ho! Woolfardisworthy

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