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17b. Hexham (2) The Abbey - other features e.g. misericords See also 12. Hexham (1) A historic market town in Northumbria and 17a. Hexham (2) The Abbey - external and internal architectural features PLEASE LEAVE A DONATION FOR THE UPKEEP OF THIS WONDERFUL BUILDING.
Hexham Abbey: The tomb of Thomas of Tyndale, an early 14th century knight dressed in mail (his feet rest on a lion) and there are three sheaves on his shield.
Hexham Abbey: The tomb of Baron Sir Gilbert de Umfreville (1245-1307), a member of the Anglo-Norman family who built the nearby Prudhoe Castle in the Tyne Valley not far from Hexham.
Hexham Abbey: On the north side of the chancel is great painted screen of oak. Beneath the carved canopies are medieval paintings of seven Hexham bishops who became Saints. Beneath these larger panels are four smaller ones representing the Dance of Death. In the lower tracered panels are faded paintings of Our Lord, The Blessed Virgin and the Twelve Apostles.
Above the altar is the 16th century painting of the Holy Family and shows the infant Jesus meeting John the Baptist.
Hexham Abbey: Some of the fine stained glass windows
Hexham Abbey: Left: The stone Frith Stool lies between the old carved choir stalls. It was originally this seat was the Bishop's throne and allowed sanctuary to fugitives in medieval times. Right: The Saxon (questionable?) chalice found in a stone coffin in the north transept. It is probably a small Anglo-Saxon chalice used with portable altars to take the sacrament of the eucharist to outlying hamlets and other local communities which had no good access to a church.
Hexham Abbey: The medieval-Early English misericord carvings of the quire stalls The 1st picture shows the seat itself, and the 2nd picture is an enlargement of the 'under-seat' carving - the misericord, this is followed by eighteen other examples. Quite a series of amazing 'puzzling'? and beautiful carvings.
Hexham Abbey: misericord carvings of various head, 'mythical' creatures etc. See also 12. Hexham (1) A historic market town in Northumbria and 17a. Hexham (2) The Abbey - external and internal architectural features
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