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Contents 1 Name origin 2 Wolves of Hexham 3 Expanded History 4 hmm... 5 Michael Jackson??? 6 Help with Street name 7 Picture/Abbey 8 External link

[edit] Name origin

Corrected name origin. See http://www.thenortheast.fsnet.co.uk/Place%20Name%20Meanings%20E%20to%20J.htm

[edit] Wolves of Hexham

Found a wonderful article on h2g2; The Wolves of Hexham: http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A11464715 muldranskully 07:03, 1 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Expanded History

I've added information on the border raids of C13-14, and on the 1715 rebellion. I've also expanded the section on the Abbey slightly, and in a fit of pedanticism I've changed the grammar on the Liberal attitude of the Courant. Sources include http://www.thenortheast.fsnet.co.uk --Duncan 15:05, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] hmm...

Any other hexham wikipedians out there? :D 127.0.0.1 (contribs) (email) (block) 10:38, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

Yes, hello. Clawandfang (talk) 16:35, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Michael Jackson???

Who in the right mind thought Michael Jackson (famous singer) was from Hexham?!?!?! What complete tripe!

p.s. I'm from Middlesbrough? ;)

[edit] Help with Street name

Can anyone help me?. I used to live in Hexham until i was 5, then my parents moved to Rugeley in Staffordshire because there was more employment in the midlands at the time (The Coal Industry)

I used to live in a street near a school i attended for a year or so called Hexham east county primary school(I think)and the street was called wanless close or oneless close, as i remember i lived second from the top on the right, it was a steep street.

I can't seem to find any record of this street anywhere. I am thinking maybe it has changed names.

Has anyone any information on this? I know my memory is vague.

Thanks All

- We (my mother has lived in hexham for a while) think that the name may have been changed to Nent Grove, its close to Wanless Lane... Duncan 21:40, 2 December 2006 (UTC)

Thanks Duncan. I have recently looked at Flash Earth and now i am convinced the street name has changed to Valley View.

All the best

[edit] Picture/Abbey

Can we find a picture of the Abbey rather than (or in addition to) St Mary's? If you didn't know the town you might think that St Mary's was the major church/abbey - more than a bit misleading.

Also the complete absence of anything about the Abbey is bizzarre. There isn't even a link to the article. I will do something about this in the next few days. Duncan (talk) 06:58, 30 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] External link

The first external link ("Hexham Abbey") leads to a page where an error message ("Access forbidden") appears. I cannot possibly imagine why my address should be "banned" in any way (and it never is, anywhere else, I mean), so I am pretty sure there's something wrong with the page itself. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.61.38.134 (talk) 18:17, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

Looks fine to me.Clawandfang (talk) 23:25, 25 April 2008 (UTC)