Wood Burner in Haltwhistle

Haltwhistle

Haltwhistle is a village and also 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 residences are an attribute of Haltwhistle. It is among two negotiations in Great Britain which declare to be the exact geographical centre of the island, along with Dunsop Bridge in Lancashire, 71 miles (114 km) 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 complete population taken at the 2011 Census of 4,832. Haltwhistle was a market town for the exchange of regional products. In the 18th century 2 Quakers set up a baize manufactury as well as there was a weaving facility. On the Haltwhistle Burn were fulling mills, coloring and rotating mills. A stroll along this stream to the Roman Wall, shows that it should have been a hive of industry with quarries, coal mining and also lime burning kilns. The Directory of 1822 (Pigot) offers a whole variety of craftsmen, store owners and also traders-- 60 in number, including manufacturers of obstructions. The once a week market was hung on Thursdays as well as there were fairs on 14 May and also 22 November for livestock and also sheep.