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Hexham
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Hexham - Market hall

Hexham - Market hall
Hexham is a town, that developed around a monastery. Etheldreda, Queen of Northumbria, made a grant of lands to St Wilfrid, Bishop of York, in 674. The abbey was constructed almost entirely of material salvaged from nearby Roman ruins. In the year 875 Halfdan Ragnarsson the Dane, commander of the Great Heathen Army ravaged the whole area. Hexham Church was plundered and burnt to the ground.

About 1050, Eilaf, treasurer of Durham, was instructed to rebuild Hexham Church, which then lay in utter ruin. His son Eilaf II completed the work.

In Norman times, the Benedictine abbey was replaced by an Augustinian priory. The current church largely dates from 1170–1250, built in the Early English style of architecture.

Since ages the market is held next to the abbey

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