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Hexham history
Thi nyem o Hexham derives frae thi Aad Inglis Hagustaldes ham (frae thi aader Hagustaldes ea). Hagustald is sib ti thi Aad Hee Jorman hagustalt, denotin a younger son at tyeks land 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").

Like many towns in the Anglo-Scottish border area and adjacent regions, Hexham suffered from the border wars between the kingdoms of Scotland and England, including attacks from William Wallace who burnt the town in 1297. In 1312, Robert the Bruce, King of Scotland, demanded and received £2000 from the town and monastery in order for them to be spared a similar fate. In 1346 the monastery was sacked in a later invasion led by King David II of Scotland.