Haltwhistle
Haltwhistle is a village as well as 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 residences are a feature of Haltwhistle. It is one of 2 settlements in Great Britain which assert to be the precise geographic centre of the island, together with 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 as well as has an overall population taken at the 2011 Census of 4,832. Haltwhistle was a market community for the exchange of neighborhood products. In the 18th century two Quakers set up a baize manufactury and there was a weaving facility. On the Haltwhistle Burn were fulling mills, dyeing and spinning mills. A stroll along this stream to the Roman Wall, shows that it has to have been a hive of sector with quarries, coal mining and also lime burning kilns. The Directory of 1822 (Pigot) gives a whole variety of craftsmen, shopkeepers and investors-- 60 in number, consisting of manufacturers of blockages. The regular market was hung on Thursdays as well as there were fairs on 14 May and 22 November for cattle and sheep.