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{{Infobox town
|name=Hayton
|county=Cumberland
|picture=St James' Church, Hayton - geograph.org.uk - 51829.jpg
|picture caption=St. James' Church, Hayton
|os grid ref=NY107415
|latitude=54.760523
|longitude=-3.38834
|population=237
|census year=2011
|post town=Wigton
|postcode=CA7 2
|dialling code=016973
|LG district=Allerdale
|constituency=Workington
}}
'''Hayton''' is a village in western [[Cumberland]], on a minor road between the B5300 and the A596.  It is approximately a mile and a half from the coast, and just over two miles from the nearest town, [[Aspatria]].  Close by are such villages as [[Allonby]], [[Oughterside]] and [[Prospect, Cumberland|Prospect]].

A small tributary stream called Patten Beck runs across the village, through the grounds of the castle, on its way to the Crookhurst Beck, which reaches the sea at [[Allonby]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Old Maps – Hayton, Allerdale|url=http://www.old-maps.co.uk/maps.html|accessdate=23 March 2012}}</ref>

The village had just 89 households at the 2001 census, with a total population of 229.  The largest population was recorded in the 1921 Census when there were 346 residents within the Hayton and Mealo area; the decline is likely to be due to the change in agricultural processes and the increased use of machinery which reduced the size of labourforce needed.<ref>{{cite web|title=Vision of Britain|url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/data_cube_page.jsp?data_theme=T_POP&data_cube=N_TOT_POP&u_id=10178113&c_id=10001043&add=N|accessdate=23 March 2012}}</ref>

==Amenities==
The village does have a church,; it lacks any other services or facilities. The nearest shops are located in nearby Aspatria.  The village has one small family shop, a phone box, a bench and a postbox.

==History==
To the north-east of the village stands [[Hayton Castle]], which is a Grade I listed building.<ref>{{britlist|411489|Hayton Castle}}</ref>

In 1870–72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Hayton as:

"A township and a chapelry in Aspatria parish, Cumberland; on the coast, 2½ miles W of Aspatria r. station. They have a post-office under Maryport. The township includes Mealo, and comprises 1,971 acres. Pop., 390. The chapelry was constituted in 1867. Pop., 1,095. The living is a rectory. Value, £300."<ref>[http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/place_page.jsp?p_id=5069 Vision of Britain] – {{impgaz}}</ref>

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