Haltwhistle
Haltwhistle is a town as well as civil parish in Northumberland, England, 10 miles (16 kilometres) east of Brampton, near Hadrian's Wall. It had a population of 3,811 at the 2011 Census. Stone-built homes are an attribute of Haltwhistle. It is one of two settlements in Great Britain which claim to be the precise geographic centre of the island, in addition to Dunsop Bridge in Lancashire, 71 miles (114 km) to the south. An electoral ward with the exact same name still exists. This ward extends from Hexham south up the R. South Tyne as well as has a total population taken at the 2011 Census of 4,832. Haltwhistle was a market community for the exchange of neighborhood products. In the 18th century two Quakers set up a baize manufactury and also there was a weaving establishment. On the Haltwhistle Burn were fulling mills, coloring as well as rotating mills. A stroll along this stream to the Roman Wall, reveals that it has to have been a hive of market with quarries, coal mining as well as lime burning kilns. The Directory of 1822 (Pigot) provides an entire variety of craftsmen, shopkeepers as well as traders-- 60 in number, including manufacturers of blockages. The regular market was held on Thursdays and also there were fairs on 14 May as well as 22 November for cattle as well as sheep.
