Hexham Abbey, England
This post follows on from yesterday's report on the town of Hexham. Interior looking east For persons who wish to connect with English ecclesiastic, cultural, and architectural history then a visit to Hexham Abbey is essential. This building is a time capsule packed with artefacts (many unique) which enables the visitor to connect with about 1800 years of English history. Christian worship continues here today under auspices of the Anglican Church. Hexham is 25 miles west of Newcastle upon Tyne. The Abbey has evolved over a long period of time. Elements of the architecture/masonry date variously from the7th, 12th, 13th, 15th, 16th,19th, 20th and 21st centuries. This building long predates the establishment of a unified English state which occurred in the 10th century AD. It is currently located in the county of Northumbria ( N.E. England) which for most of the second half of the first millennium was-or purported to be- an independent kingdom. In fact the Abbey had its origins...