West Halton is a village and

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, England. It is situated north-west from Winterton, approximately north from

Scunthorpe Scunthorpe () is an industrial town and unparished area in the unitary authority of North Lincolnshire in Lincolnshire, England of which it is the main administrative centre. Scunthorpe had an estimated total population of 82,334 in 2016. A ...

, and south from the Humber Estuary. The parish contains part of Coleby, a

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south of the village. In the 2001 Census the parish had a population of 331, increasing slightly to 340 at the 2011 census. The settlement at West Halton has existed since at least the Anglo Saxon period when it was traditionally thought to have been founded as a monastery or minster by St Æthelthryth. Excavations by the

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confirmed the presence of a 7th-century settlement. West Halton is listed in the 1086 ''

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'' as "Haltone". The name has been translated as "farmstead in a nook or corner of land". West Halton has a central

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. There is a

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, th
Butchers Arms
and
village hall
which has served as a part-time

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since the village post office closed. There are no shops in the village. The church is dedicated to St Etheldreda; it was built in 1695 as a replacement for an earlier building destroyed by fire in 1692. A public transport bus service is provided by Hornsby Travel, subsidised by North Lincolnshire Council. The now closed

West Halton railway station West Halton railway station was a station in West Halton, Lincolnshire. The station was built by the North Lindsey Light Railway on its line from Scunthorpe (Dawes Lane) railway station to Whitton in north Lincolnshire. The station was opened ...

was situated near the village. It was built in 1906 by the

North Lindsey Light Railway The North Lindsey Light Railway (NLLR) was a light railway in North Lincolnshire. It was later absorbed by the Great Central Railway and later, on grouping, it passed to the London and North Eastern Railway. The railway is now mostly closed. ...

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* * {{Authority control Civil parishes in Lincolnshire Villages in the Borough of North Lincolnshire