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Hexham Abbey

📍 Northumberland, England

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Hexham Abbey is a Grade I listed church dedicated to St Andrew, in the town of Hexham, Northumberland, in the North East of England. Originally built in AD 674, the Abbey was built up during the 12th century into its current form, with additions around the turn of the 20th century. Since the dissolution of the monasteries in 1537, the Abbey has been the parish church of Hexham. In 2014 the Abbey regained ownership of its former monastic buildings, which had been used as Hexham magistrates' court, and subsequently developed them into a permanent exhibition and visitor centre, telling the story of the Abbey's history.

Originally built in AD 674 by St Wilfrid using stones from the nearby Roman fort at Corbridge. The Saxon crypt survives as one of the finest early Christian monuments in England. Replaced by an Augustinian priory from 1113, with the current church built 1170-1250. Dissolved by Henry VIII but the church survived as the parish church. Features one of the oldest wooden seats in England, the Frith Stool.