Hayton and Mealo is a

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authority ...

Allerdale Allerdale is a non-metropolitan district of Cumbria, England, with borough status. Its council is based in Workington and the borough has a population of 93,492 according to the 2001 census, increasing to 96,422 at the 2011 Census. The Bor ...

district, Cumbria. The only settlement is Hayton, a village in the centre of the parish, which had a population of 237 in the 2011 census. In 1848, its population was 378. The parish has an area of . The western boundary of the parish is a short stretch of coastline south of

Allonby Allonby is a village on the coast of the Allerdale district in Cumbria, England. The village is on the B5300 road north of Maryport and south of Silloth. The village of Mawbray is to the north, and to the east is the village of Westnewton, C ...

; working clockwise it is then bordered by Allonby parish to the north, Westnewton to the north east,

Aspatria Aspatria is a town and civil parish in the non-metropolitan district of Allerdale, and is currently embraced in the Parliamentary constituency of Workington, Cumbria, England. Historically within Cumberland the town rests on the north side of t ...

to the east and

Oughterside and Allerby Oughterside and Allerby is a civil parish in Allerdale district, Cumbria, England. In the 2011 census it had a population of 619. The north western boundary of the parish is a short stretch of coast, then, working clockwise, the parish is bordere ...

to the south. The

B5300 road The B5300 (known locally as the Coast Road) is a B road which runs for approximately twelve miles between the towns of Silloth and Maryport in the Allerdale borough of Cumbria, United Kingdom. From north to south, it passes through the village ...

runs along the western edge of the parish, on the coast, and the

A596 road The A596 is a primary route in Cumbria, in northern England, that runs between Thursby ( north-east of Wigton) and Workington. For its entirety the A596 parallels the A595, and meets the A595 at both ends. The A596 begins its course at a rounda ...

from

Maryport Maryport is a town and civil parish in the Allerdale borough of Cumbria, England, historically in Cumberland. The town is situated just outside the Lake District National Park, at the northern end of the former Cumberland Coalfield. Locatio ...

runs just outside the parish's south eastern boundary. There is a parish council, forming the lowest level of local government. Its archives 1997-2013 are held at the Carlisle Archive Centre. The Manor of Hayton was long held by the

Musgrave family The Musgrave family was a prominent Anglo-Scottish Border family with many descendants in the United States of America, Australia and the United Kingdom a so-called Riding or Border Reivers, Reiver clan of Cumberland and Westmorland. The earliest ...

, from about 1500 until the early 19th century, when it passed to the Hylton and Jolliffe family through marriage.

Listed buildings

There are seven

listed building In the United Kingdom, a listed building or listed structure is one that has been placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Historic Environment Scotland in Scotland, in Wales, and the Northern Irel ...

s in the parish, including the grade 1 listed Hayton Castle.

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* Civil parishes in Cumbria Allerdale {{Cumbria-geo-stub