Hexham

Hexham stands above the River Tyne in Northumberland, its great church recalling a religious foundation of the early English kingdom of Northumbria. The church was refounded as an Augustinian priory in the twelfth century. In 1464 a battle south of the town ended in defeat for the Lancastrians, whose commander, the Duke of Somerset, was executed in the market place. The priory was dissolved in 1537, but its church continued to serve the parish.