Haltwhistle
Haltwhistle is a small town and also civil parish 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 an attribute of Haltwhistle. It is just one of 2 negotiations in Great Britain which declare to be the precise geographic centre of the island, in addition to Dunsop Bridge in Lancashire, 71 miles (114 kilometres) to the south. An electoral ward with the very same name still exists. This ward stretches from Hexham south up the R. South Tyne and also has an overall population taken at the 2011 Census of 4,832. Haltwhistle was a market town for the exchange of neighborhood items. In the 18th century two Quakers established a baize manufactury and also there was a weaving facility. On the Haltwhistle Burn were fulling mills, dyeing and also spinning mills. A walk along this stream to the Roman Wall, shows that it needs to have been a hive of sector with quarries, coal mining and lime burning kilns. The Directory of 1822 (Pigot) provides a whole series of craftsmen, storekeepers and also investors-- 60 in number, including makers of clogs. The weekly market was hung on Thursdays and there were fairs on 14 May and also 22 November for livestock and lamb.
