Haltwhistle
Haltwhistle is a small town and also civil church 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 residences are an attribute of Haltwhistle. It is among 2 settlements in Great Britain which assert to be the precise geographic centre of the island, along with Dunsop Bridge in Lancashire, 71 miles (114 kilometres) to the south. A selecting ward with the exact same name still exists. This ward stretches from Hexham south up the R. South Tyne and has a complete population taken at the 2011 Census of 4,832. Haltwhistle was a market community for the exchange of local products. In the 18th century 2 Quakers established a baize manufactury as well as there was a weaving facility. On the Haltwhistle Burn were fulling mills, dyeing as well as rotating mills. A walk along this stream to the Roman Wall, reveals that it must have been a hive of industry with quarries, coal mining as well as lime burning kilns. The Directory of 1822 (Pigot) offers an entire range of artisans, store owners as well as traders-- 60 in number, consisting of makers of clogs. The once a week market was held on Thursdays and there were fairs on 14 May as well as 22 November for livestock and lamb.
