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The Dales shopping centre
West Hallam has a busy little shopping presinct
West Hallam is a small village in the Borough of Erewash.

The area around West Hallam lies within the South Derbyshire coalfield and was mined from the 1600’s until just after World War II.
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West Hallam Station opened in 1878 and was part of the Great Northern Railway. At the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries the station dealt with 90,000 passengers a year. The station’s last passenger train left in 1964.

Away from the centre of the Village, on the main road (the A609), a former bottle kiln has been converted into a buttery, art gallery and boutique.

St. Wilfred's Church, has a very handsome tower, with a blue clock face, gilt hands and figures.

The West Hallam Pipers meet most Saturdays from 4 pm - 6 pm at the West Hallam Community Centre, Station Road, West Hallam. They make their own pipes and play them afterwards.

West Hallam Village Hall is celebrating its 150th anniversary this year (2002).
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    tiny After becoming King, William the Conqueror gave the village of West Hallam to Gilbert de Gant, Earl of Flanders.
The ownership of the village remained with successive Lords of the Manor up to the early 20th century has resulted in a certain unity of style and building in the older part of the village.

The area around West Hallam lies within the South Derbyshire coalfield and was mined from the 1600’s until just after World War II.

The village’s colliery was linked to Shipley Colliery with the Erewash Canal via the Nutbrook Canal which was built in 1795.

The village church of St Wilfrid’s is over 700 years old and there is a tomb in the church with effigies of Walter Powtrell, former Lord of the Manor, and his wife.

By the church gates is the War Memorial which is a statue of two Lewis gunners on a plinth.

John Scargill, Rector until his death aged 74 in 1662, provided in his will for the establishment of a school.

The Scargill Boys’ and Girls’ schools are recognised as having special architectural merit.

One is now the Village Hall and the other a private residence, but this has not altered their historic character.

The present Scargill Infant and Junior Schools are on Beech Lane.
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