Haltwhistle
Haltwhistle is a town and civil church in Northumberland, England, 10 miles (16 km) 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 settlements in Great Britain which declare to be the precise geographic centre of the island, along with Dunsop Bridge in Lancashire, 71 miles (114 kilometres) to the south. An electoral ward with the exact same name still exists. This ward extends from Hexham southern up the R. South Tyne as well as has a complete 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 there was a weaving establishment. On the Haltwhistle Burn were fulling mills, coloring and also spinning mills. A walk along this stream to the Roman Wall, reveals that it must have been a hive of sector with quarries, coal mining as well as lime burning kilns. The Directory of 1822 (Pigot) provides a whole variety of artisans, shopkeepers and also investors-- 60 in number, consisting of makers of clogs. The weekly market was held on Thursdays as well as there were fairs on 14 May as well as 22 November for livestock and also lamb.