Haltwhistle
Haltwhistle is a town as well as civil church 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 a function of Haltwhistle. It is just one of 2 settlements in Great Britain which claim to be the specific geographical centre of the island, in addition to Dunsop Bridge in Lancashire, 71 miles (114 km) to the south. A selecting ward with the same name still exists. This ward stretches 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 community for the exchange of neighborhood items. In the 18th century 2 Quakers set up a baize manufactury and there was a weaving establishment. On the Haltwhistle Burn were fulling mills, dyeing and also rotating mills. A stroll along this stream to the Roman Wall, reveals that it should have been a hive of market with quarries, coal mining and also lime burning kilns. The Directory of 1822 (Pigot) offers an entire series of craftsmen, shopkeepers and traders-- 60 in number, consisting of manufacturers of obstructions. The regular market was hung on Thursdays and there were fairs on 14 May and 22 November for livestock as well as lamb.
