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Halsall plays host to the annual scarecrow festival. The festival runs from June to July. The official route for the scarecrow festival was down the main road through the village but the scarecrows have spread to the surrounding areas. The scarecrow festival is not a competition.
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There is a junior school, St Cuthbert's Church of England Primary School with around 140 pupils from age 4 to 11. The Saracen's Head is a large public house on the banks of the canal. There is also a garage, offices (in what used to be the Halsall Arms public house) and a
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and the war memorial. The church dates from the 14th century. The hall is to the south-west of the church; between them was a water-mill, taken down about 1880. Near the site of the water mill now stands the former Halsall Arms public house (now offices for business).
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Halsall is a large ancient parish which grew from being a small farming settlement; reflecting this background, much of the land area of Halsall is sparsely populated with many isolated dwellings. The land area (and postal area) of Halsall extends quite a way towards
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including the Grade I listed church including Halsall Hall and a number of listed canal bridges amongst other structures. Halsall Hall still stands, but it has been subdivided into a number of dwellings.
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A natural curiosity of the district was the bituminous turf which was found in the Halsall moss. This was known as Lit-turf and could be burnt like a candle.
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The church and much of the village stand on a rocky ridge, in marked contrast to the low-lying flat peat mossland between the ridge and the sand of
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Halsall is where the first sod was ceremonially dug (on 5 November 1770, by the Hon. Charles Mordaunt of Halsall Hall) for the commencement of the
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The canal in this area was partially fortified with pillboxes and anti tank measures as it formed part of Stop Line 14 in WW2.
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In 2011, the parish had a population of 2,057 and covered an area of 2,801 hectares (28.01 km; 10.81 sq mi).
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along Carr Moss Lane, to a point where the border is closer to Ainsdale village centre than it is to Halsall.
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This article is about the village in Lancashire, England. For other uses, see
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The village has five bus stops, served by the 300 bus route, operated by
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Pollard, Richard; Pevsner, Nikolaus; Sharples, Joseph (2006).
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Pollard, Richard; Pevsner, Nikolaus; Sharples, Joseph (2006).
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Halsall (disambiguation)

St Cuthbert's Church
Halsall is located in the Borough of West Lancashire
Halsall is located in Lancashire
Lancashire
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District
West Lancashire
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Lancashire
Region
North West
Country
England
Sovereign state
Post town
Postcode district
L39
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