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 twe rivers comes thegither at Warden Rock near Hexham iv a plyece ca'd 'The Meetin o the Wettors'. The Hexham area is hyem te pairt o the Roman Wa. Hexham wes the administrative centre for the Tynedale district frae 1974 til 2009. I 2011, it hed a population o 11,829.

Thor is mony smaër 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 an Carlisle is 37 miles (60 km) te the west.

History
Hexham Abbey gans back te the monastery at wes foonded biv Wilfrid i 674. The crypt o the original monastery is still a pairt o the Abbey the day. The crypt wes bigged wi styens at wes tyen frae the Rthoman ruins nearby, aiblins frae Corbrig or Hadrian's Wa. The main feck o the Abbey wes bigged i the 11t century, but thor wes muckle rebiggin warks i 19t century an a. Other weel-knawn biggins at is fund i the toon is the Moot Ha, the covered market, an the Awd Gaol.

The nyem on't itsel comes frae the Awd Inglish Hagustaldes ham (frae the awder form Hagustaldes ea). Hagustald is sib te the Awd Hee German hagustalt, at mean refers tiv a younger son at hes tyen land ootby the settlement; 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 sic a deeth. I 1346 the monastery wes sacked iv an another Scottish invasion at wes heeded 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.