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 homes are an attribute of Haltwhistle. It is just one of two negotiations in Great Britain which declare to be the precise geographical centre of the island, along with Dunsop Bridge in Lancashire, 71 miles (114 kilometres) to the south. An electoral ward with the same name still exists. This ward extends from Hexham south up the R. South Tyne and has a total population taken at the 2011 Census of 4,832. Haltwhistle was a market town for the exchange of local items. In the 18th century two Quakers set up a baize manufactury and also there was a weaving facility. On the Haltwhistle Burn were fulling mills, dyeing and rotating mills. A stroll along this stream to the Roman Wall, shows that it has to have been a hive of industry with quarries, coal mining and lime burning kilns. The Directory of 1822 (Pigot) provides a whole series of craftsmen, storekeepers and also traders-- 60 in number, consisting of manufacturers of blockages. The weekly market was hung on Thursdays and also there were fairs on 14 May as well as 22 November for cattle as well as sheep.