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===Hexham riot=== In 1761, the [[List of massacres in Great Britain|Hexham Riot]] took place in the Market Place when a crowd protesting about changes in the criteria for serving in the [[Militia (Great Britain)|militia]] were fired upon by troops from the [[North York Militia]]. Some 45 protesters were killed, earning the Militia the [[sobriquet]] of The Hexham Butchers.<ref>{{cite web|title=Hexham Riot |url=http://www.ndfhs.org.uk/Articles/HexhamRiot.html |access-date=2008-11-10 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081021052058/http://www.ndfhs.org.uk/Articles/HexhamRiot.html |archive-date=21 October 2008 }}</ref>
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