| Hexham |
1884-05-29 |
Hexham labourer George Wilson was fined five shillings for failing to display a name on a cart he was using on the highway. |
| Hexham |
1886-06-10 |
Stonemason William Clemitson was killed by a bolt of lightning as he walked back to Hexham from Salmon?s Wall, Acomb. |
| Hexham |
1888-09-20 |
Hexham Board of Guardians expressed concerns over plans to replace bedsteads in the workhouse with hammocks to make room for oakum picking. |
| Hexham |
1895-04-20 |
(HH) The annual gathering of the Primrose League was held at Hexham. Compare 18/05/1895. |
| Hexham |
1895-07-20 |
(HH) Photograph of Charles E. Hunter, prospective Unionist M.P., taken by R. E. Ruddock of Newcastle. |
| Hexham |
1899-09-03 |
Tynedale Council decided that a drinking fountain would be erected in the market place at a cost of ?30. It was said to be an essential step as the town was growing rapidly. |
| Hexham |
1900-01-28 |
Out of 85 men belonging to 10 companies that composed the 1st Volunteer Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers who volunteered for South Africa, more than a fourth belonged to the Hexham company, demonstrating to the world that Hexham upholds its reputation for its patriotic warlike spirit. |
| Hexham |
1900-03-31 |
A public meeting in Hexham Town Hall considered a scheme for the reconstruction of Hexham Grammar School and the provision of new buildings. |
| Hexham |
1900-06-30 |
Northumberland Country Council decided to rebuild the suspension bridge over the River Tyne at Warden because one of the huge chain links on the west side had snapped. The bridge was first built in 1826 at a cost of ?5,000 and the council estimated that the new bridge would cost ?10,000. |
| Hexham |
1900-07-28 |
Before work began on the new ?7,500 bridge over the River Tyne at Warden, Northumberland County Council decided that a temporary bridge costing ?1,000 should be built. |
| Hexham |
1900-11-10 |
The suicide of Thomas Christopher aged 28, a tailor, at Hexham workhouse. |
| Hexham |
1900-12-08 |
The stablemen of Hexham and district held their annual ball at the Town Hall, with 60 couples present at the start, a number which found many additions before the dance finished at 6am the following day. |
| Hexham |
1901-03-16 |
For the first time in the town?s history, Hexham Urban Council decided that houses in the town should be given street numbers. |
| Hexham |
1901-05-04 |
In order to celebrate the return home from the Boer War of the first contingent of the Hexham Volunteers, Hexham urban council suggested that a half-day holiday should be given. |
| Hexham |
1901-05-18 |
The streets of Hexham were bedecked with bunting and banners as the town welcomed back local Northumberland Fusiliers Volunteers from the Boer War. There was also a grand parade through the town. |
| Hexham |
1901-06-22 |
There was a furore in Fore Street when a sheep jumped through the window of the new drapers? department of Messrs. Robb and Son. |
| Hexham |
1901-06-22 |
The Hexham Urban Council decided to give the town?s main thoroughfare of Beaumont Street a new Tarmac surface to rid it of dirt and dust. |
| Hexham |
1901-07-27 |
Plans for a masonry bridge to replace the existing suspension bridge over the River Tyne at Warden were being discussed by the roads and bridges committee of Northumberland County Council. |
| Hexham |
1901-08-29 |
Opening of Hexham Market Cross and Fountain. |
| Hexham |
1902-02-22 |
Article on the proposed new bridge at Warden. |
