# Halwill

> Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Halwill
> Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Halwill.md
> Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halwill
> Source revision: 1344957560
> License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)

Village in Devon, England

This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Halwill" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (March 2026) (Learn how and when to remove this message)

Human settlement in England

Halwill St Peter and St James church, Halwill Halwill Location within Devon Population 930 (2011 census) Civil parish Halwill District Torridge Shire county Devon Region South West Country England Sovereign state United Kingdom List of places UK England Devon 50°46′N 4°14′W / 50.767°N 4.233°W / 50.767; -4.233

A map of Halwill from 1946

**Halwill** is a village and [civil parish](/source/Civil_parish) in the [Torridge](/source/Torridge_District) district, in [Devon](/source/Devon), England,[1] just off the [A3079](/source/A3079_road) [Okehampton](/source/Okehampton) to [Holsworthy](/source/Holsworthy%2C_Devon) road.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] About a mile away on the main road is another settlement called **Halwill Junction**. In 2011 the parish had a population of 930.[2]

This name brings to mind the former significance of the two villages, as home to an important railway junction, where the [North Cornwall Railway](/source/North_Cornwall_Railway) (forming part of a main line railway from Exeter to Plymouth) diverged from the earlier [Okehampton to Bude Line](/source/Okehampton_to_Bude_Line), see [Halwill Junction railway station](/source/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](/source/William_Stanlake), recipient of the [Victoria Cross](/source/Victoria_Cross)[3]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Halwill, Devon"](https://gazetteer.org.uk/place/Halwill,_Devon_19850). *gazetteer.org.uk*. Retrieved 23 March 2026.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [UK Census](/source/2011_United_Kingdom_census) (2011). ["Local Area Report – halwill Parish (E04003264)"](https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/sources/census_2011_ks/report?compare=E04003264). *Nomis*. [Office for National Statistics](/source/Office_for_National_Statistics_(United_Kingdom)). Retrieved 23 March 2026.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Grehan, John (2016). *The First Vcs: The Stories Behind the First Victoria Crosses in the Crimean War and the Definition of Courage*. Havertown: Frontline Books. pp. 81–82. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9781473851719](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781473851719).

## External links

Media related to [Halwill](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Halwill) at Wikimedia Commons

- ["Halwill Community Page"](https://web.archive.org/web/20070530221023/http://www.devon.gov.uk/etched?url=etched%2Fixbin%2Fhixclient.exe&_IXP_=1&_IXR=110537). Archived from [the original](http://www.devon.gov.uk/etched?url=etched/ixbin/hixclient.exe&_IXP_=1&_IXR=110537) on 30 May 2007.

v t e Towns, villages and hamlets in the Torridge District of Devon, England Abbots Bickington Abbotsham Alfardisworthy Alverdiscott Alwington Appledore Ashreigney Ashwater Beaford Bideford Black Torrington Bradford Bradworthy Bridgerule Broadwoodwidger Buckland Brewer Buckland Filleigh Bucks Mills Bulkworthy Clawton Clovelly Cookbury Dolton Dowland East Putford Frithelstock Great Torrington Halwill Hartland High Bickington Hollacombe Holsworthy Huish Huntshaw Landcross Langtree Littleham Little Torrington Luffincott Merton Milton Damerel Monkleigh Newton St Petrock Northam Northcott Milton Damerel Pancrasweek Parkham Peters Marland Petrockstowe Pyworthy Quoditch Roborough Shebbear Sheepwash St Giles in the Wood St Giles on the Heath Stibb Cross Sutcombe Tetcott Thornbury Virginstow Weare Giffard Welcombe West Putford Westward Ho! Winkleigh Woolfardisworthy Yarnscombe

This Torridge District location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by adding missing information.

- [v](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Torridge-geo-stub)
- [t](/source/Template_talk%3ATorridge-geo-stub)
- [e](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Torridge-geo-stub)

---
Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Halwill](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halwill) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halwill?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.