Haltwhistle
Haltwhistle is a village and also civil parish 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 houses are a function of Haltwhistle. It is just one of 2 settlements in Great Britain which declare to be the specific geographical centre of the island, in addition to Dunsop Bridge in Lancashire, 71 miles (114 kilometres) to the south. A selecting ward with the very same name still exists. This ward stretches from Hexham southern 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 local goods. 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, dyeing and also spinning mills. A stroll along this stream to the Roman Wall, reveals that it must have been a hive of sector with quarries, coal mining and also lime burning kilns. The Directory of 1822 (Pigot) offers an entire range of artisans, shopkeepers and also investors-- 60 in number, consisting of manufacturers of obstructions. The weekly market was hung on Thursdays and also there were fairs on 14 May and also 22 November for cattle as well as lamb.