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1910 New Catholic Dictionary
• Hexham and Newcastle, England, Diocese of
• Hexham Abbey
• Abbey, Hexham
Encyclopedias
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
• Hexham
• John of Hexham
• Richard of Hexham
McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia
• Richard of Hexham
• Roger of Hexham.
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
• Hexham
The Catholic Encyclopedia
• Hexham and Newcastle

An interesting old town in Northumberland, prettily situated on the Tyne, 24 m. W. of Newcastle; has a fine cruciform abbey church, portions of which belong to the 12th century, and beautiful remains of a 7th-century monastery; the staple industries are glove and hat making; the river is spanned by a stone bridge of nine arches.