Haltwhistle
Haltwhistle is a town and 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 houses are a feature of Haltwhistle. It is just one of two negotiations in Great Britain which declare to be the exact geographic centre of the island, along with Dunsop Bridge in Lancashire, 71 miles (114 km) to the south. A selecting ward with the exact same name still exists. This ward extends from Hexham southern up the R. South Tyne and has a complete 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 as well as there was a weaving facility. On the Haltwhistle Burn were fulling mills, dyeing as well as spinning mills. A stroll along this stream to the Roman Wall, shows that it must have been a hive of sector with quarries, coal mining and lime burning kilns. The Directory of 1822 (Pigot) gives a whole series of craftsmen, shopkeepers as well as traders-- 60 in number, including makers of clogs. The regular market was hung on Thursdays and also there were fairs on 14 May and also 22 November for cattle and sheep.
