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 comes 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. It wes yence the capital o the Liberty o Hexhamshire.

Thor's a canny few smaaer toons an villages surroondin Hexham, sic as Corbrig, Riding Mill, Stocksfield an Wylam te the east; Acomb an Bellingham the te north; Allendale 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 37 miles (60 km) te the west.

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 doon frae the Romans ruins, aiblins frae Corbrig or Hadrian's Waa. The main feck o the Abbey wes bigged up i the 11t century, but a muckle pairt on't wes rebigged i 19t century an aa. The toon is hyem tiv other weel-knawn biggins, sic as the Moot Haa, the covered mairket, an the Aud Gaol.

The history o the toon gans a the way back te the Northumbrian Kingdom an the Bornician Kingdom afore'd an aa. The nyem on't comes frae the Aud Inglish Hagustaldes ham (frae the auder form Hagustaldes ea). The forst pairt on't, Hagustald, is sib te the Aud Hee German word hagustalt, meanin a young laddie or ; the element ea means "burn" or "river" an ham is the Aud 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 the toon tholed the border wars atween the kingdoms o Scotland an Ingland. It wes attacked bi William Wallace, 'at brunt the toon te the grund i 1297; an agyen bi Robert the Bruced 'at demanded £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 yence the coonty toon o Hexhamshire, 'at wes its awn coonty til 1572 when it wes incorporated inte the County o Northumberland itsel.