Haltwhistle
Haltwhistle is a small town as well as civil church in Northumberland, England, 10 miles (16 km) eastern of Brampton, near Hadrian's Wall. It had a population of 3,811 at the 2011 Census. Stone-built residences are a function of Haltwhistle. It is just one of two settlements in Great Britain which declare to be the specific geographic centre of the island, in addition to Dunsop Bridge in Lancashire, 71 miles (114 km) to the south. An electoral ward with the exact same name still exists. This ward stretches from Hexham southern up the R. South Tyne and has an overall population taken at the 2011 Census of 4,832. Haltwhistle was a market community for the exchange of local 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 also spinning mills. A stroll along this stream to the Roman Wall, shows that it should have been a hive of sector with quarries, coal mining and lime burning kilns. The Directory of 1822 (Pigot) gives a whole variety of craftsmen, store owners as well as traders-- 60 in number, including manufacturers of clogs. The weekly market was hung on Thursdays and also there were fairs on 14 May and 22 November for livestock and sheep.
