Haltwhistle
Haltwhistle is a small town and civil parish in Northumberland, England, 10 miles (16 kilometres) 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 one of two negotiations in Great Britain which claim to be the precise geographical centre of the island, in addition to Dunsop Bridge in Lancashire, 71 miles (114 km) to the south. A selecting ward with the very same name still exists. This ward stretches 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 community for the exchange of regional products. In the 18th century 2 Quakers established a baize manufactury as well as there was a weaving facility. On the Haltwhistle Burn were fulling mills, coloring as well as rotating mills. A stroll along this stream to the Roman Wall, shows that it should have been a hive of market with quarries, coal mining as well as lime burning kilns. The Directory of 1822 (Pigot) offers an entire variety of craftsmen, shopkeepers and also investors-- 60 in number, consisting of makers of blockages. The regular market was hung on Thursdays and there were fairs on 14 May and also 22 November for cattle as well as sheep.