Wp/nth/Hexham

Hexham (/ˈhɛksəm/ HEKS-əm) is a toon i the sooth west o Northummerlan on the sooth bank o the Rivor Tyne at is formed bi the confluence o twe rivors: the North Tyne an the Sooth Tyne. The twe rivors comes thegither at Warden Rock near Hexham iv a plyece caad 'The Meetin o the Wettors'. The Hexham area inhauds pairt o the Hadrian's Waa. Hexham wes the administrative centre for the Tynedale district frae 1974 te 2009. I 2011, it hed a population o 11,829.

Smaaer toons an villages aroond Hexham includes Corbrig, Ridin 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 originated as the monastery foonded bi Wilfrid i 674. The crypt o the original monastery survives the day, an incorporates mony styens at wes tyen frae the Roman ruins i the area, aiblins frae Corbrig or Hadrian's Waa. Myest o the corrent Hexham Abbey wes bigged frae the 11t century, but thor wes a muckle rebiggin i 19t century an aa. Other kenspeckle biggins i the toon includes the Moot Haa, the covered market, an the Awd Gaol.

The nyem o Hexham comes frae the Awd Inglish Hagustaldes ham (frae the awder form Hagustaldes ea). Hagustald is sib te the Awd Hee Jorman hagustalt, denotin a younger son at tyeks lan ootby the settlement; the element ea means "burn" or "rivor" an ham is the Awd Inglish form o the Modren Northumbrian "hyem" (an the Scots "hame" an Inglish "home").

Much the syem as other toons i the Anglo-Scottish mairches an nearby airts, Hexham tholed the border wars atween the kingdoms o Scotlan an Inglan, an wes subjected tiv attacks bi William Wallace at brunt the toon i 1297. I 1312, Robert the Bruce, the King o Scotland, demanded an received £2000 frae the toon foak an monastery for te spare them frae the syem fate. I 1346 the monastery wes sacked iv a another Scottish invasion at wes heeded bi King Dyevid II o Scotland.