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| | Hexham, Northumberland |
 | | Hexham was the seat of a bishopric between 678 and c.821 and was later an important religious centre. |
 | | The parish comprehends Hexham township, 4,310 acres, with a population, in 1831, of 4,666 ; and Hexhamshire, 24,060 acres, with a population, in 1831, of 1,376 : together, 28,370 acres, population 6,042. |
 | | The abbey and town of Hexham were sacked by the Danes early in the ninth century; and in A.D. 875 it was again attacked, the church burnt, and the inhabitants massacred. |
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