Wp/nth/Hexham

Hexham (/ˈhɛksəm/ HEKS-əm) is a toon i thi sooth west o Northummerlan on thi sooth bank o thi Rivor Tyne at forms bi thi confluence o twee rivors: thi North Tyne an thi Sooth Tyne. Thi twee rivors cums thegithor at Warden Rock anear Hexham iv a plyess caad 'Thi Meetin o thi Wattors'. Thi Hexham area inhaads pairt o thi Hadrian's Waa. Hexham wis thi administrative centre for thi Tynedale district frae 1974 ti 2009. I 2011, it hed a population o 11,829.

Smaaer toons an villiches aroond Hexham includes Corbrig, Ridin Mill, Stocksfield an Wylam ti thi east, Acomb an Bellinjam ti thi north, Allendale Toon ti thi sooth an Haydon Brig, Bardon Mill an Hautwessel ti thi west. Newcassel upon Tyne is aroond 25 miles (40 km) ti thi east an Carlisle is 37 miles (60 km) ti thi west.

History
Hexham Abbey originateet as thi monastery foondeet bi Wilfrid i 674. Thi crypt o thi original monastery survives thi day, an incorporates mony styens at wis tyen frae thi Roman ruins i thi area, aiblins frae Corbrig or Hadrian's Waa. Myest o thi corrent Hexham Abbey wis bigged frae thi 11t century, but thor wis a muckle rebiggin i 19t century an aa. Ithor kenspeckle biggins i thi toon includes thi Moot Haa, thi covered market, an thi Aad Gaol.

Thi nyem o Hexham derives frae thi Aad Inglish Hagustaldes ham (frae thi aader form Hagustaldes ea). Hagustald is sib ti thi Aad Hee Jorman hagustalt, denotin a younger son at tyeks lan ootby thi settlement; thi element ea means "burn" or "rivor" an ham is thi Aad Inglish form o thi Modren Northumbrian "hyem" (an thi Scots "hame" an Inglish "home").

Much thi syem as ithor toons i thi Anglo-Scottish mairches an nearby airts, Hexham tholed thi border wars atween thi kingdoms o Scotlan an Inglan, an wis subjecteet tiv attacks bi William Wallace at brunt thi toon i 1297. I 1312, Robert thi Bruce, thi King o Scotland, demandeet an received £2000 frae thi toon foak an monastery for ti spare thame frae thi syem fate. I 1346 thi monastery wis sacked iv a anithor Scottish invasion at wis heedeet bi King Dyevid II o Scotland.