Hexham, England

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the_sage

Discussion Starter · May 19, 2012

Hexham is a typically idyllic English market town with a population of about 11,000 it is located 30 Minutes west of Newcastle upon Tyne by car or train and is surrounded by lovely countryside.... and as a bonus it has a 13th Centry Abbey in the centre!

Hexham Old Gaol below is one of the oldest surviving prisons in England, it was completed in 1333.

Fore Street is the towns main pedestrianised shopping street

View from the park

Need a break after all this walking

The Jag adds a little extra class!

Nice little cinema still open

Rather imposing house!

Nice little Alfa

At 'Tyne Green'

Village of Newbrough

Housesteads Roman fort

Sycamore Gap on Hadrian s Wall near Haltwhislte

Church yard in Greenhead

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openlyJane

· #2 · May 19, 2012

Nice pictures of Hexham.

I was there recently - you might be interested to see my pictures of the town and of Northumberland on my 'English Counties: from the charming to the rugged' thread. See links below.

Bristol Mike

· #3 · May 19, 2012

Another beautiful market town of England. Great photos.

the_sage

Discussion Starter · #4 · May 19, 2012

Thanks Bristol Mike & Openly Jane I'm a big fan of your threads!

yubnub

· #5 · May 19, 2012

Great shots, Hexham looks lovely

Koobideh

· #6 · May 19, 2012

Pleasant looking town. Nice shots

hhhhh

· #7 · May 20, 2012

Nice shots nice city.

aarhusforever

· #8 · May 20, 2012

Beautiful shots :cheers:

Linguine

· #9 · May 20, 2012

great thread....thanks for the beautiful photos.:cheers:

Mr Bricks

· #10 · May 20, 2012

Very beautiful!

RobertWalpole

· #11 · May 21, 2012

Gorgeous!

Jonesy55

· #12 · May 24, 2012

Very nice shots from Northeast England, Hexham looks like a great little place.

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wellplastic

· #13 · May 24, 2012

Never thought I'd see Hexham on here

I grew up here and although I don't live there anymore I still think it's a very nice market town, and surrounded by beautiful countryside which you've captured too.

Jennifat

· #14 · May 24, 2012

Wow, what a great looking town! Hexham has a population of only 11,000? It looks larger than that to me, but probably just because it's so dense. This place is oozing with character.

It seems as if there are a lot of these charming towns in the north of England—I'd love to do a tour of the area someday. I almost feel like I'd enjoy this region of the country more than London and its environs.

Jonesy55

· #15 · May 25, 2012

There is no reason you couldn't do both, a few days in London then tour some other part of the country for a while. Distances here are very small by North American standards, despite being at opposite ends of England, Hexham is only 4 to 4.5 hours from London by train.

London is great, but i don't think it is particularly representative of England or the UK as a whole, getting out to some smaller places like this too would definitely give a more rounded view of the country.

christos-greece

· #16 · May 25, 2012

Really beautiful and very nice; well done :cheers:

Newcastle Historian

· #17 · Jul 13, 2012

the_sage; May 19th 2012 said:
Hexham is a typically idyllic English market town with a population of about 11,000 it is located 30 Minutes west of Newcastle upon Tyne by car or train and is surrounded by lovely countryside.... and as a bonus it has a 13th Centry Abbey in the centre!

Great photos of a super Northumberland Market Town, on this thread!

I particularly enjoyed seeing the above photo.

The address of "Bunters" (as it is now) is 10 Hall Gate, and my family lived at that address (and a number of other addresses in Hall Gate and elsewhere in the central area of Hexham) in the early years of the 20th Century.

From circa 1895 to circa 1920, the CASS family (as we were then) had their main home at 10 Hall Gate.

In 1911, my father was born around the corner from there, on the first floor of a building built out of the ruins of St Mary's 13th Century Church, on Market Place.

His mother (my Grandma) had to "move there" for the birth (not far . . . ) as he was born out of wedlock, as they say.

I have chatted to the owners of Bunters, about their buildings history, on a few occasions.

Great to see these photos, thanks!

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cardiff

· #18 · Jul 13, 2012

Lovely pictrues of a great town!

the_sage

Discussion Starter · #19 · Jul 18, 2012

Newcastle Historian said:
Great photos of a super Northumberland Market Town, on this thread!

I particularly enjoyed seeing the above photo.

The address of "Bunters" (as it is now) is 10 Hall Gate, and my family lived at that address (and a number of other addresses in Hall Gate and elsewhere in the central area of Hexham) in the early years of the 20th Century.

From circa 1895 to circa 1920, the CASS family (as we were then) had their main home at 10 Hall Gate.

In 1911, my father was born around the corner from there, on the first floor of a building built out of the ruins of St Mary's 13th Century Church, on Market Place.

His mother (my Grandma) had to "move there" for the birth (not far . . . ) as he was born out of wedlock, as they say.

I have chatted to the owners of Bunters, about their buildings history, on a few occasions.

Great to see these photos, thanks!

One of my Grandmothers used to live on Hallstile Bank, so just around the corner from there!

Hexham and the surrounding areas is defiantly somewhere that i'm considering moving to in the not to distant future... although housing is pretty pricey.

the_sage

Discussion Starter · #20 · Nov 11, 2015

A few years later...

I actually ended up moving to Hexham after four years in Ontario. In no particular order here are a couple of snaps from the last year.

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View from Heartside pass

Haloween

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Bonfire night.....remember remember the fifth of Novemebr

Exploring the woods.

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