Biomass Boiler in Haltwhistle

Haltwhistle

Haltwhistle is a town and also civil parish in Northumberland, England, 10 miles (16 kilometres) eastern of Brampton, near Hadrian's Wall. It had a population of 3,811 at the 2011 Census. Stone-built houses are a feature of Haltwhistle. It is among two negotiations in Great Britain which assert to be the specific geographic centre of the island, together with Dunsop Bridge in Lancashire, 71 miles (114 kilometres) to the south. An electoral ward with the same name still exists. This ward extends from Hexham south up the R. South Tyne and has an overall population taken at the 2011 Census of 4,832. Haltwhistle was a market community for the exchange of local goods. In the 18th century 2 Quakers established a baize manufactury as well as there was a weaving establishment. On the Haltwhistle Burn were fulling mills, coloring as well as rotating mills. A walk along this stream to the Roman Wall, reveals that it has to have been a hive of sector with quarries, coal mining and lime burning kilns. The Directory of 1822 (Pigot) provides an entire variety of artisans, store owners as well as traders-- 60 in number, consisting of manufacturers of obstructions. The once a week market was hung on Thursdays and there were fairs on 14 May and 22 November for livestock and also lamb.