Hexham Abbey, Nave
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Hexham Abbey, Nave
Image: © David Dixon Taken: 12 Feb 2013
There has been a church on the site since the 7th century, when a Benedictine abbey was constructed almost entirely from material salvaged from nearby Roman ruins. The present building dates largely from the period 1170 - 1250 when it was set up as an Augustinian Priory. Following the Dissolution of the Monasteries in 1537, the abbey became the parish church for Hexham. Extensive restorations were made in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. The Abbey is a Grade I Listed Building (http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-239164-the-priory-church-of-st-andrews-hexham- The Priory Church of St Andrew's, Hexham - British Listed Buildings)
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Image Location
Latitude
54.971474
Longitude
-2.103069