Hexham (/ˈhɛksəm/ HEKS-əm) is a market town and civil parish in Northumberland, England, on the south bank of the River Tyne, formed by the confluence...
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The Hexham Heads were a pair of small stone heads, about 6 cm high, found in 1971 in the English town of Hexham. The heads became associated with alleged...
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Hexham Abbey is a Grade I listed church dedicated to St Andrew, in the town of Hexham, Northumberland, in the North East of England. Originally built...
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The Hexham wolf (also called the Allendale wolf or the Wolf of Allendale) was a grey wolf that escaped from a zoo and killed livestock in Hexham and Allendale...
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The Battle of Hexham, 15 May 1464, marked the end of significant Lancastrian resistance in the north of England during the early part of the reign of Edward...
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the largest towns are Berwick-upon-Tweed (12,043) in the far north and Hexham (13,097) in the west. For local government purposes the county is a unitary...
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John of Hexham (c. 1160 – 1209) was an English chronicler, known to us merely as the author of a work called the Historia XXV. annorum, which continues...
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Hexham is a constituency in Northumberland represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Joe Morris of the Labour Party. As with...
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politician serving as the Member of Parliament for Hexham since 2024. He is the first Labour MP for Hexham, breaking a 100-year streak of Conservative MPs...
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Hexham is a market town in Northumberland, England. Hexham may also refer to: Hexham, New South Wales, a suburb of the Australian city of Newcastle Hexham...
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Richard of Hexham (fl. 1141) was an English chronicler. He became prior of Hexham about 1141, and died between 1155 and 1167. He wrote Brevis Annotatio...
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The Battle of Hexham is a 1789 history play by the British writer George Colman the Younger. It is based around the 1464 Battle of Hexham, a decisive Yorkist...
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Tynedale Open Tournament (redirect from Hexham Tournament)
founded in 1881 as the Hexham Tournament and first staged at Priors Flat Grounds, Hexham, Northumberland, England. The Hexham Tournament was a late 19th...
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also known as the Manor Office, is a custodial building in Hallgate in Hexham, Northumberland, England. The building, which now operates as a museum,...
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Acca of Hexham (c. 660 – 740/742) was an early medieval Northumbrian prelate, serving as bishop of Hexham from 709 until 732, and subsequently commemorated...
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Hexham Racecourse is a National Hunt racecourse located in Hexham, Northumberland. Documents show that Hexham Racecourse recorded its first event on 23...
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The Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle (Latin: Dioecesis Hagulstadensis et Novocastrensis) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church, centred on St...
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7th Earl of Grantham Laura Carmichael as Edith Pelham, Marchioness of Hexham Jim Carter as Charles Carson Raquel Cassidy as Phyllis Baxter Paul Copley...
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was Bishop of Hexham from 678 until 681, and of then Bishop of Lindisfarne from before 681 until 685. He then was translated back to Hexham where he served...
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The Hexham Courant is a weekly newspaper serving Tynedale in Northumberland. The newspaper was first published in 1864. The full name of the newspaper...
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The Bishop of Hexham was an episcopal title which took its name after the market town of Hexham in Northumberland, England. The title was first used by...
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Geoffrey Rippon (redirect from Baron Rippon of Hexham)
Aubrey Geoffrey Frederick Rippon, Baron Rippon of Hexham, PC, QC (28 May 1924 – 28 January 1997) was a British Conservative Party politician. He is most...
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Irving R. Hexham FRHistS FRAI (born 14 April 1943) is an English-Canadian academic who has published twenty-three books and numerous articles, chapters...
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Hexham is a railway station on the Tyne Valley Line, which runs between Newcastle and Carlisle via Hexham. The station, situated 22 miles 22 chains (22...
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Hexham Bridge is a road bridge in Northumberland, England linking Hexham with the North Tyne valley. It lies north of the town of Hexham and is the main...
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Eanbeorht (or Eanberht) was a medieval Bishop of Hexham who was consecrated in 800 and died in 813. Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 217...
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British Conservative Party politician. He was the Member of Parliament for Hexham from 1992 until 2010. Atkinson was educated at Cheltenham College and after...
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Henry Hexham (c. 1585 – c. 1650) was an English military writer. He also worked on Mercator's Atlas and on a Copious English and Nether-duytch Dictionarie...
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Hexham Middle School is a coeducational middle school located in Hexham, Northumberland, England. It is in a multi-academy trust (Hadrian Learning Trust)...
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The Hexham hoard is a 9th-century hoard of eight thousand copper-alloy coins of the Anglo-Saxon Kingdom of Northumbria, which were discovered whilst a...
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