Haltwhistle
Haltwhistle is a town and 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 houses are an attribute of Haltwhistle. It is just one of two negotiations in Great Britain which claim to be the exact geographical centre of the island, along with Dunsop Bridge in Lancashire, 71 miles (114 kilometres) to the south. A selecting ward with the same name still exists. This ward stretches from Hexham south up the R. South Tyne and also has a complete population taken at the 2011 Census of 4,832. Haltwhistle was a market community for the exchange of local products. In the 18th century 2 Quakers set up a baize manufactury and there was a weaving establishment. On the Haltwhistle Burn were fulling mills, coloring and spinning mills. A walk along this stream to the Roman Wall, reveals that it needs to have been a hive of market with quarries, coal mining and lime burning kilns. The Directory of 1822 (Pigot) offers a whole variety of craftsmen, shopkeepers and traders-- 60 in number, including makers of clogs. The once a week market was hung on Thursdays and there were fairs on 14 May and 22 November for livestock and also lamb.
