Abbey Gallery
Hexham Abbey, St. Andrew’s, Market Place
Brief Timeline:
- c674:Â founded by St. Wilfrid as a Benedictine abbey, the crypt of which still exists.
- 681 – c821: a cathedral.
- 1113: refounded as an Augustinian priory.
- 1537: dissolved; continued in use as the parish church; the chancel and transepts of this church remain in use.
- 1858: E end rebuilt by John Dobson.
- 1908: nave rebuilt; architect: Temple Moore.
- 1984: Song School added above Chapter House lobby
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1661: The Northern Prospect of the Conventual Church of Hextildenham, by Thomas Widdrington. Earliest known image of the Abbey but inaccurate and fanciful, e.g. the tower is out of proportion, and the eastern chapels are (mis)represented as a featureless shed. It's the only representation of the perpendicular style E window which was replaced around 1680 by the 'Churchwarden gothik window'
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c1780: Hexham Church (Abbey), drawing attributed to Francis Grose, allegedly owned originally by King George III. The buttress against NW side of Tower (1725) is not shown, so date may be uncertain
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1788: Hexham Church and College, composite of two drawings by SH Grimm, on opposite pages of his Northumberland sketchbook, looking from NW, the Priory Church is on the left
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1788: The monastic lavabo on the west cloister wall, from Grimm's Northumberland sketchbook
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1788: Hexham cloisters, Chapter?House entrance from the Cloisters, drawing by SH Grimm
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Post-1821: Hexham Abbey. Sepia; looking SE, between 1821 (erection of clock) and 1870 (erection of vestry extension to W of tower)
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c1840: Hexham Priory Church, In the olden time. Market Place looking W, Abbey
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c1850: Hexham Abbey Church. Sepia; looking W, a reconstruction showing how the Abbey probably looked pre-1868 when the east end fell and the chapels were subsequently demolished by John Dobson
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Post-1859: Hexham Abbey, Frid Stool. Sepia; Bishop's Seat, later Sanctuary (Frid or Frith) Stool. Post 1859 which was when it was broken in two! In this position between 1872 and 1885?
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Post-1860: Hexham Abbey. Sepia; looking W, view of the E end. A 'Carte de visite' style card before postcards became popular. The square corners suggest pre-1875
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1860: Hexham Abbey Church from the South, painting by JW Archer, showing Dobson's work on the E end
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c1865: Abbey looking N, old graveyard being cleared to make Beaumont Street, man in top hat seated on tree stump
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Post-1870: Hexham Abbey looking N,Campy Hill graveyard, dates between 1870 when the vestry extension to the right of the tower was built, and at the very latest 1907 when work commenced on the nave which replaced the vestry extension
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Pre-1875: Hexham Abbey. Sepia; looking SE, shows the vestry extension (1870) but not the nave (1907). A 'Carte de visite' style card before postcards became popular. The square corners suggest pre-1875
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Pre-1875: Hexham Abbey, Night Stairs. Sepia. A 'Carte de visite' style card before postcards became popular. The square corners suggest pre-1875
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c1890: Hexham Priory Church from the South, includes the cloisters and Abbey House
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c1900: The Abbey. Image of the Abbey prior to the building of the nave (1907) and post Vestry extension (1870), with the coats of arms labelled Umfreville, Northumbria, Hexham
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c1900: Hexham Abbey From NW. Monochrome; looking NE
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1900: Abbey looking SW from Hexham House garden, gardener JE Brown with roller
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1902: Hexham Abbey looking N down Beaumont Street
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1902: Chapter House vestibule seen from Beaumont Street
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Pre-1904: Hexham Abbey, South Transept. Sepia. Shows the back of the organ installed c1860 but modified in 1904
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1905: Hexham Abbey, 15th century mural passage prior to rebuilding of nave
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1905: The Abbey, Hexham. Hand tinted postcard, looking SE
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Pre-1907: Abbey & Grounds, Hexham. Sepia; looking NE, shows the vestry extension (1870) but not the nave (1907)
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Pre-1907: Hexham Abbey. Sepia; looking N, shows vestry extension erected 1870 but before it was demolished in 1907 to make way for the present nave
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Pre-1907: Hexham Abbey, Choir. Sepia. Between 1860 and 1907
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1907: Hexham Abbey. Tinted; looking NE from Abbey grounds, Abbey buildings on site of cloisters, field in foreground
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1907: Hexham Abbey, laying the foundation stone for the rebuilding of the nave, Canon Savage with other dignatories
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c1907: Hexham Abbey, Campey Hill graveyard to N being cleared prior to building of Nave, gateway to Church Row on right
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c1908: Hexham Abbey, The Roman Wall. Tinted; Abbey is post 1908 (new nave shown) and before the graveyard was properly levelled after having the spoil from the nave site dumped there - hence the half buried gravestones!
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1908: The Abbey, Hexham. Tinted; looking N down Beaumont Street from Queen's Hall
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c1910?: Hexham Abbey NW. Monochrome; across roof tops, rebuilt nave
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1911: Hexham Abbey, Monochrome; looking W across Market Place, pedestrians gathered around Temperley Memorial Fountain, No 19 Flag Ends Inn pub on right
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c1912: The Abbey, Hexham. Monchrome; looking W from Moot Hall, Market Place Temperley Memorial Fountain, Abbey with scaffolding at gable end of S transept, railings outside Abbey, No 19 Flag Ends Inn pub on right
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1916: Hexham Abbey. Tinted; looking SW from Market Place, Temperley Memorial Fountain
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c1920?: Hexham Abbey from Hexham House. Colour; looking SE across Bowling Green
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c1920: Churchyard Gate, Abbey Flags looking W to Cowgarth
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Post-1921: Hexham Abbey. Looking W across Market Place, showing the?pre-1828 east-window transom and post-1821 clock, old pant by the Shambles, houses in front of Abbey, archway to Abbey
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1939: The Cross and Abbey, Hexham. Monochrome; looking SW from Market Place, mis-named Temperley Memorial Fountain, No 19 Market Place HH Telfer butcher
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1950: Hexham Abbey From The Air. Looking E, Church Row, Market Place, Beaumont Street. Shows the rebuilt Chapter House, so post-1950s
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c1950?: Hexham Abbey and Grounds. Monochrome; Hexham Courant sketch showing proposed street alterations never carried out, War Memorial (erected c1920) and Abbey Chapter House as a ruin (rebuilt as a chapel in the 1950s)
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c1950: Hexham Abbey. Collo Colour; looking NE from Abbey Grounds
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c1950: Saxon Crypt Built of Roman Stones, Hexham Abbey. Monochrome
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c1950?: Abbey looking SE from bowling green showing S wall just after bushes planted
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c1960: Hexham Abbey & Market Place. Monochrome; looking W from Moot Hall roof, Temperley Memorial Fountain, Abbey with parked vehicles in front, No 19 Market Place (grocer?), No 20 Armstrong printer, No 21 (?)
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c1960: Hexham Abbey, low level aerial view, Campey Hill graveyard, E at top
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c1960: Abbey, view of the chancel looking NE, the chantry chapel on the left, the painting of Virgin and Child, St Elizabeth, the infant John the Baptist and attendant cherubs. After Andrea del Sarto, or is it an original?
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c1960: Hexham Abbey looking N from Abbey grounds
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1968: Abbey clock face
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1968: Abbey clock face
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1969: Abbey, with Choir on Beaumont Street
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c1970: Aerial view taken from balloon looking W
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c1970: Hexham Abbey. Colour; looking SW across Market Place, Temperley Memorial Fountain, No 19 Robsons Nurseries shop
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c1970: Hexham Abbey from the East. Monochrome; looking W from Moot Hall roof, wooden shack for Abbey shop
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c1970: Hexham Abbey from the Park. Colour; looking NE
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c1970: Hexham Abbey from Sele School, Hexham. Monochrome; looking W, wooden footbridge
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c1970?: Hexham Abbey. Hand tinted postcard; looking W, wooden footbridge
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c1971: Hexham Abbey looking SE along Cowgarth
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c1971: Hexham Abbey SE corner of chancel
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c1971: Hexham Abbey E end looking SE from Abbey flags
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c1971: Hexham Abbey E end looking NW from Market Place, Church Row in distance
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c1971: Hexham Abbey slype door looking E from Beaumont Street
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1974: Clergy entering Abbey on the occasion of the first celebration in the Abbey of the Catholic Mass since the Reformation.
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1974: The Saint Wilfrid banner hanging in the SE corner of the nave of Hexham Abbey. More details may be found in the website hexhamabbey.org.uk/history/heritage/ of the banner (item HEXAB4174) and the Potter/Laidler memorial seat & reading desk (item HEXAB272.1)
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1976: Abbey looking SE across bowling green
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1976: Abbey looking SE across bowling green
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1978: Abbey Flags looking E from Cowgarth, gateway
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1981: Hexham Abbey. Colour; looking W from Market Place, floodlit Abbey, No 19 Market Place Robsons Nurseries shop
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1981: Ordnance Survey benchmark on Abbey, SE corner
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1982: Hexham. Colour; Abbey looking W across Shambles with text description of town
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1982: Hexham Market Place. Colour; looking W from Moot Hall roof, Abbey with parking spaces in front, wooden shack for Abbey shop, No 19 Robsons Nurseries to the right
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1982: Churchyard Gate, Abbey Flags, looking W to Cowgarth
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c1982: Hexham Abbey looking N from Beaumont Street, wooden shack for Abbey shop
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c1982: Abbey, exterior of S transept before the Song School was added above the Chapel House lobby in 1984, wooden shack for Abbey shop
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c1982: Hexham Abbey looking N from Beaumont Street, wooden shack for Abbey shop
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1983: Abbey Flags looking NE towards Church Row, churchwardens' gate 1826
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1984: Abbey shop looking N from Beaumont Street
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1984: Abbey shop looking W from Beaumont Street
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c1984: Hexham Abbey looking N from Beaumont Street, Song School above Chapter House lobby being built
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1985: Hexham Abbey looking W across Beaumont Street, new Song School above the Chapter House lobby
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c1986: Hexham Abbey S elevation looking N from Abbey Grounds
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1987: Rainbow over the rooftops, Hexham Abbey looking NW
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c1989: Bowling Green and Abbey looking SE from Hexham House gardens
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1990: Hexham Abbey aerial view looking NE. Post 1984 (the Song School above the Chapter House Lobby was added in 1984)
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c1990: Northumberland, Hexham. Colour; looking SW from Market Place, Abbey, No 19 Gourmet Kitchens (possibly vacant), Tea Rooms above
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c1990?: Abbey and Grounds, Hexham. Colour; looking NE
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c1990?: Hexham. Colour; looking NE, Abbey, grounds, War Memorial
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1990: Abbey Flags looking E from Cowgarth
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1991: Hexham Abbey aerial view looking E, Market Place, top of Beaumont Street
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1991: Abbey Flags looking E from Cowgarth
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1993: Abbey Flags looking W, churchwardens' gate on right, archway to Cowgarth in centre
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1995: Abbey Flags looking NW, Churchwardens' Gates
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1993: Beaumont Street W side, laying Abbey flags
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1993: Beaumont Street W side, removing grass and laying Abbey flags
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1993: Abbey looking SW from Market Place, new flags
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1994: Abbey buildings looking W from Beaumont Street, Hexham Clinic, entrance to Court House
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1995: Early morning choir call. Looking E, choristers on Abbey S transept roof, Market Place, Moot Hall and the Shambles
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1995: Abbey Flags looking NE, churchwardens' gate 1826
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1995: Abbey Flags N side looking NE, old wall and gateway at W end
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1995: Campey Hill graveyard, Ridley family memorial
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1995: Hexham Abbey, arms of the See of York between two triglyphs, S end of Abbey shop overlooking Memorial Garden, removed from late C17 Mercer's Doorway in N transept
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1995: Cowgarth looking E to archway to Abbey Flags, 'Commit no nuisance' railings
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1999: Abbey buildings looking N from Abbey Grounds
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2000: Hexham Abbey, Prior's House, former police cell
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2000: Hexham Abbey, Prior's House, former police cell interior
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2000: Hexham Abbey, Prior's House, former police cell interior
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2000: Abbey Flags, 'The Devil Stone', see Historic Hexham>I didn't know that>Myths & Legends
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2002: Hexham Abbey, south Choir Aisle looking E, with the Dean Farrer window at the end
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2002: Hexham Abbey, south Choir Aisle looking E, with the Dean Farrer window at the end
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2002: Hexham Abbey, E aisle, N transept, looking N
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2002: Hexham Abbey, E aisle, N transept, looking N
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2002: Abbey Flags, doorway to the former Lecturer's House, N side of Abbey
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2003: Hexham Abbey looking SW from Market Place. Coloured pencil and wash artwork (B Claughton), Temperley Memorial Fountain
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2003: Hexham Abbey, looking E from nave to organ, choir and congregation
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2003: Hexham Abbey, Smithson Screen, the Choir and Altar looking E
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2003: Hexham Abbey, Smithson Screen, the Choir and Altar looking E
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2006: Hexham Abbey, Smithson screen and the Phelps organ from the nave, looking E
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2006: Abbey Cloister, with tourist information board
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2007: Abbey Flags looking N to Church Row, churchwardens' gate 1826
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2007: Abbey Flags churchwardens' gate 1826 looking S to Abbey
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2008: Hexham Abbey looking W from Moot Hall roof, Market Place No 19 Ashley Mattmews Jewellery, No 20 Armstrongs printer, No 21 Wardhaughs
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2018: Abbey looking N from Beaumont Street
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2020: Hexham Abbey looking W from Market Place
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2020: Hexham Abbey looking SE from Cowgarth
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2020: Hexham Abbey looking N from Beaumont Street
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2020: Hexham Abbey looking N from Beaumont Street
Related Galleries
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