Haltwhistle
Haltwhistle is a village and also civil church in Northumberland, England, 10 miles (16 kilometres) eastern 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 one of 2 negotiations in Great Britain which assert to be the precise geographic centre of the island, in addition to Dunsop Bridge in Lancashire, 71 miles (114 kilometres) to the south. A selecting ward with the exact same name still exists. This ward stretches from Hexham south up the R. South Tyne and also has a total population taken at the 2011 Census of 4,832. Haltwhistle was a market town for the exchange of local goods. In the 18th century two Quakers established a baize manufactury and also there was a weaving establishment. On the Haltwhistle Burn were fulling mills, dyeing as well as rotating mills. A walk along this stream to the Roman Wall, reveals that it should have been a hive of sector with quarries, coal mining as well as lime burning kilns. The Directory of 1822 (Pigot) provides a whole series of artisans, storekeepers and traders-- 60 in number, consisting of makers of obstructions. The weekly market was held on Thursdays as well as there were fairs on 14 May and also 22 November for cattle as well as sheep.
