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17. Trip (2) to Hexham in Northumberland See also Trip (1) to Hexham in Northumberland First, a 2nd photo visit to Hexham Abbey. PLEASE LEAVE A DONATION FOR THE UPKEEP OF THIS WONDERFUL BUILDING
Some of the stonework of the original Hexham Abbey buildings (part of original west part of the nave of the 12th-15th?) is set into now is referred to as the Monastic Workshop which functions as a tearoom in the summer months!
The magnificent 13th century North Transept.
Flavius, a Roman soldier and standard bearer, a sculptured piece of stone that is a reminder that the first church of St Wilfrid in AD 674 was partly built of stones from the 'vacated' Roman buildings nearby.
The night stairs down which the monks-canons came to worship from their sleeping quarters.
An 'angled' view of the North Transept.
The chancel and choir. The 16th century painting above the high altar of the Holy Family shows the infant Jesus meeting John the Baptist. On the left are 7 large panels depicting seven of the Anglo-Saxon Bishops of Hexham. To the left of the High Altar is Prior Leschman's 15th century chapel.
The entrance to St Wilfrid's 7th century crypt.
A Roman Latin inscribed stone?
A decorative stone from part of the early medieval Abbey buildings.
Looking down the north aisle of the chancel and choir.
Looking west down the Nave, which was rebuilt on the foundations and lower walls of the medieval building in the early 20th century.
The font base is medieval but the baptism bowl might of Roman origin?
Some of the interesting carved figures on the north side of Prior Leschman Chantry Chapel.
The 'front' of the restored medieval Moot Hall which contains a study library on Border History
The 'back' of the medieval Moothall
The medieval 'Old Gaol' of 1330, one of the 1st gaols purpose built in England and many a convicted raiding Reiver was held in it. The Reivers or Borderers led an exciting and dangerous life of cattle stealing (or anything else) and pursuing blood feuds in-between raids. It is now a display museum explaining the 15th and 16th century history of the English-Scottish border warfare.
Hallgarth House, opposite the 1684 Grammar School, houses The Gallery Cafe and Art Gallery, in which a fine bowl of soup was to be had to the accompaniment of some fine paintings.
Hexham Grammar School was founded 1599 by a Royal Charter of Queen Elizabeth 1st and was based in the Abbey Church but moved to the building above in 1684.
The entrance to the 1684 Grammar school.
Hexham Town's Market Place with Hexham Abbey in the background.
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