An Exploration of Hexham Abbey - Part 2

The purpose of religious art

In Part 1 we discussed the life of Hexham Abbey from the Roman period to the point where it disappears from history for a time, after the 9^th century. The next entry into the historical record was the arrival of the Augustinian Canons, who erected a priory here in 1113. There is some evidence that they used the older Saxon building, incorporating some o…