Halwill
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Halwill is a village in Devon, 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. Portions for the two routes separated and rejoined at Halwill station, giving the villages a much better service than larger habitations in the area.
