Haltwhistle is a town as well as 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 homes are a feature of Haltwhistle. It is among two negotiations in Great Britain which claim to be the specific geographic centre of the island, in addition to Dunsop Bridge in Lancashire, 71 miles (114 km) to the south. An electoral ward with the exact same name still exists. This ward extends from Hexham southern up the R. South Tyne and also has an overall population taken at the 2011 Census of 4,832. Haltwhistle was a market town for the exchange of local products. In the 18th century 2 Quakers established a baize manufactury and 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, reveals that it needs to have been a hive of sector with quarries, coal mining as well as lime burning kilns. The Directory of 1822 (Pigot) provides an entire range of craftsmen, store owners and traders-- 60 in number, consisting of makers of clogs. The regular market was hung on Thursdays as well as there were fairs on 14 May and 22 November for livestock and sheep.
