Haltwhistle
Haltwhistle is a town 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 homes are an attribute of Haltwhistle. It is among two settlements in Great Britain which assert to be the precise geographical centre of the island, in addition to Dunsop Bridge in Lancashire, 71 miles (114 km) to the south. An electoral ward with the very same name still exists. This ward extends 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 community for the exchange of neighborhood items. In the 18th century 2 Quakers established a baize manufactury and also there was a weaving facility. On the Haltwhistle Burn were fulling mills, dyeing and spinning mills. A walk along this stream to the Roman Wall, reveals that it must 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 craftsmen, store owners as well as investors-- 60 in number, including manufacturers of obstructions. The regular market was hung on Thursdays and there were fairs on 14 May and also 22 November for cattle as well as sheep.
