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Haltwhistle
Haltwhistle is a village and also civil church in Northumberland, England, 10 miles (16 kilometres) eastern 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 among two negotiations in Great Britain which claim to be the precise geographic centre of the island, together with 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 southern up the R. South Tyne as well as has an overall 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 set up a baize manufactury and also there was a weaving facility. On the Haltwhistle Burn were fulling mills, coloring and spinning mills. A walk along this stream to the Roman Wall, shows that it must have been a hive of industry with quarries, coal mining and also lime burning kilns. The Directory of 1822 (Pigot) offers an entire range of craftsmen, shopkeepers and traders-- 60 in number, consisting of manufacturers of obstructions. The regular market was held on Thursdays and there were fairs on 14 May and also 22 November for cattle as well as sheep.