a market-town of England, county of Northumberland, on the south bank of the River Tyne, 20 miles W. from Newcastle. A handsome stone bridge of nine arches crosses the river at this point, and the Newcastle and Carlisle railway passes the town. It has some tolerably wide streets, but the greater number are narrow and irregular. The market-place is a spacious square, having a neat market-house, supported by pillars, with an open space underneath, and stalls for country dealers. The priory church is a cruciform structure, in a mixed Gothic and early English style, surmounted by a tower about 100 feet high. The nave, which was burnt by the Scots in 1296, still exists in ruins. Hats and gloves constitute the principal manufactures of the town. It has a free grammar school, mechanic's institute, savings bank, dispensary, and almshouse. Market-day, Tuesday. Roman remains have been found at Hexham, which is supposed to have been a Roman station, probably Axedumum. In the seventh century a monastery was founded here by St Wilfrid, and soon afterwards a bishop's see was established. The diocese was afterwards united to Lindisfarne. Hexham is noted for the great defeat of the Lancastrians in 1464. Pop. (1851) 4601.