Hexham, England

Today we visited the Hexham Abbey in the town of Hexham. There has been a church on the site for over 1300 years since Etheldreda, Queen of Northumbria made a grant of lands to Wilfrid, Bishop of York, around 674. Of Wilfrid's Benedictine abbey, which was constructed almost entirely of material salvaged from nearby Roman ruins, the Saxon crypt still remains; as does a frith stool, a 7th/8th century throne.

There were some really interesting carvings in the Abbey.

And we were able to visit the crypt. These are the stairs down to it (from in the crypt).

In the afternoon we went to see Hadrian's wall but since many of the stones have been taken over the years to build other things, very little of the wall remains. The countryside in the area is very pretty however.

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