Photo id/ref number: 11616880703/B032/M5555 Hexham, Northumberland, from the west. The first church and monastery were founded about 673 by Wilfred, Archbishop of York. The great abbey church of St. Andrews was largely built of stone from Roman Corstopitum (near Corbridge) and was reconstructed about 1112; the nave was rebuilt in 1907-08. Drawn by T. Allom.
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