Hayton is a small village and civil parish

Civil parish

In England, a civil parish is a territorial designation and, where they are found, the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties...

 in Cumbria

Cumbria

Cumbria , is a non-metropolitan county in North West England. The county and Cumbria County Council, its local authority, came into existence in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972. Cumbria's largest settlement and county town is Carlisle. It consists of six districts, and in...

, England

England

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, roughly 8 miles (12.9 km) east of Carlisle, and 10 miles (16.1 km) from the England/Scotland border.

The place name Hayton means hay farm and refers to the former farming in the area. There is a separate settlement named Hayton

Hayton, Allerdale

Hayton is a village in the Allerdale District, in the English county of Cumbria. Nearby settlements include the town of Aspatria and the villages of Oughterside and Prospect. For transport there is the A596 road nearby....

within Cumbria near Aspatria

Aspatria

Aspatria is a small town and civil parish in Cumbria, England, and lies half way between Maryport and Wigton, on the A596. Historically within Cumberland, it is about away from the coast. It is approximately seven miles from the northern boundary of the Lake District, and located to the south east...

. St. Mary Magdalene Church was built in 1780. In the church are a number of memorials to the Graham family of Edmond Castle. Edmond Castle

Edmond Castle

Edmond Castle is a nineteenth century structure north of the village of Hayton, Cumbria in England. The history of Edmond castle is intertwined with the Graham family....

, a mile from the village, is thought to date from earlier than the 17th century. The nearby Toppin Castle farmhouse is a nineteenth century imitation tower house.

Places of interest

• Edmond Castle
  Edmond Castle
  Edmond Castle is a nineteenth century structure north of the village of Hayton, Cumbria in England. The history of Edmond castle is intertwined with the Graham family....
  
  
• Hayton Church of England
  Church of England
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   primary school
• WI Hall, biannual Christmas
  Christmas
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   pantomime
  Pantomime
  Pantomime — not to be confused with a mime artist, a theatrical performer of mime—is a musical-comedy theatrical production traditionally found in the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Jamaica, South Africa, India, Ireland, Gibraltar and Malta, and is mostly performed during the...
  
  
• St. Mary Magdelene Church, an old church.
• Hayton School
• Walnut Field, after a walnut
  Walnut
  Juglans is a plant genus of the family Juglandaceae, the seeds of which are known as walnuts. They are deciduous trees, 10–40 meters tall , with pinnate leaves 200–900 millimetres long , with 5–25 leaflets; the shoots have chambered pith, a character shared with the wingnuts , but not the hickories...
  
  tree: a venue of the November 5th bonfire
• Village Shop and the Stone Inn Pub.