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Haltwhistle
Haltwhistle is a village 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 one of 2 settlements in Great Britain which assert to be the exact geographical centre of the island, together with Dunsop Bridge in Lancashire, 71 miles (114 kilometres) to the south. An electoral ward with the exact same name still exists. This ward stretches from Hexham southern up the R. South Tyne and has a total population taken at the 2011 Census of 4,832. Haltwhistle was a market community for the exchange of regional products. In the 18th century 2 Quakers established a baize manufactury as well as there was a weaving establishment. On the Haltwhistle Burn were fulling mills, coloring and rotating mills. A walk along this stream to the Roman Wall, reveals that it must have been a hive of market with quarries, coal mining and also lime burning kilns. The Directory of 1822 (Pigot) provides an entire variety of craftsmen, store owners and also traders-- 60 in number, consisting of makers of blockages. The regular market was hung on Thursdays and also there were fairs on 14 May and 22 November for livestock as well as lamb.