Haltwhistle
Haltwhistle is a small town as well as civil church in Northumberland, England, 10 miles (16 km) east of Brampton, near Hadrian's Wall. It had a population of 3,811 at the 2011 Census. Stone-built residences are a feature of Haltwhistle. It is one of 2 settlements in Great Britain which claim to be the precise geographical centre of the island, in addition to Dunsop Bridge in Lancashire, 71 miles (114 km) to the south. A selecting ward with the very same name still exists. This ward extends from Hexham south up the R. South Tyne and has a total population taken at the 2011 Census of 4,832. Haltwhistle was a market community for the exchange of regional items. In the 18th century two Quakers set up a baize manufactury and also there was a weaving facility. On the Haltwhistle Burn were fulling mills, coloring as well as rotating mills. A walk along this stream to the Roman Wall, shows that it must have been a hive of industry with quarries, coal mining and lime burning kilns. The Directory of 1822 (Pigot) provides a whole variety of artisans, store owners as well as investors-- 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 cattle and also sheep.
