Haltwhistle
Haltwhistle is a small town and also 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 residences are an attribute of Haltwhistle. It is just one of two negotiations in Great Britain which claim to be the precise geographical centre of the island, along with Dunsop Bridge in Lancashire, 71 miles (114 kilometres) to the south. An electoral ward with the very 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 regional goods. In the 18th century 2 Quakers set up a baize manufactury and also there was a weaving establishment. On the Haltwhistle Burn were fulling mills, coloring and also spinning mills. A stroll along this stream to the Roman Wall, reveals that it must have been a hive of industry with quarries, coal mining and lime burning kilns. The Directory of 1822 (Pigot) offers an entire variety of craftsmen, store owners as well as traders-- 60 in number, consisting of makers of clogs. The regular market was held on Thursdays as well as there were fairs on 14 May and 22 November for cattle and also lamb.