Haltwhistle
Haltwhistle is a village and 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 homes are a feature of Haltwhistle. It is just one of two settlements in Great Britain which assert to be the exact geographical 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 extends from Hexham southern up the R. South Tyne and also has an overall population taken at the 2011 Census of 4,832. Haltwhistle was a market community for the exchange of regional goods. In the 18th century two Quakers established a baize manufactury as well as there was a weaving facility. On the Haltwhistle Burn were fulling mills, dyeing and also rotating mills. A stroll along this stream to the Roman Wall, shows that it must have been a hive of sector with quarries, coal mining as well as lime burning kilns. The Directory of 1822 (Pigot) gives an entire range of artisans, storekeepers as well as traders-- 60 in number, consisting of manufacturers of obstructions. The once a week market was hung on Thursdays and also there were fairs on 14 May and 22 November for livestock and also sheep.