Wp/nth/Hexham

Hexham (/ˈhɛksəm/ HEKS-əm) is a toon i the sooth west o Northumberland on the sooth bank o the River Tyne bi the confluence o the North Tyne an the Sooth Tyne. The rivers meets thegither at Warden Rock near Hexham iv a plyece caad 'The Meetin o the Wettors'. The Hexham area is hyem te pairt o the Roman Waa. Hexham wes the administrative centre for the Tynedale district frae 1974 til 2009. I 2011, it hed a population o 11,829.

Thor is a vast o smaaer toons an villages aroond Hexham, sic as Corbrig, Riding Mill, Stocksfield an Wylam te the east; Acomb an Bellingham te the north; Allendale Toon te the sooth an Haydon Brig; Bardon Mill an Hautwessel te the west. Newcassel upon Tyne is aroond 25 miles (40 km) te the east on't an Carlisle is 37 miles (60 km) te the west on't.

History
The history o Hexham Abbey gans back te the monastery foonded bi Wilfrid i 674. The crypt o the original monastery remains a pairt o the Abbey the day. The crypt wes bigged up wi styens 'at wes tyen frae the Romans ruins nearby, aiblins frae Corbrig or Hadrian's Waa. The main feck o the Abbey wes bigged up i the 11t century, but a muckle rebiggin wes duin tid i 19t century. Other weel-knawn biggins, sic as the Moot Ha, the covered market, an the Awd Gaol, is fund i the toon an aa.

The toon gans back tiv the Awd Northumbrian an Bornician Kingdoms. The nyem on't comes frae the Awd Inglish Hagustaldes ham (frae the awder form Hagustaldes ea). The forst pairt, Hagustald, is sib te the Awd Hee German word hagustalt, meanin a young laddie or ; the element ea means "burn" or "rivor" an ham is the Awd Inglish form o the Northumbrian "(h)yem", the Scots "hame", Cumbrian "yam" an English "home").

Hexham is sic like tiv other toons i the Anglo-Scottish mairches acause 'd tholed the border wars atween the kingdoms o Scotland an Ingland. It wes attacked bi William Wallace, 'at brunt the toon doon i 1297; an Robert the Bruce, the King o Scotland, demanded an received £2000 frae the toon foak an monastery te spare them frae deeth. I 1346 the monastery wes sacked agyen bi King David II o Scotland. Hexhamshire wes the coonty toon o Hexhamshire, at wes its awn separate coonty til 1572 when it wes incorporated inte Northumberland.