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The Bulletin
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Fix this text‘The Bulletin,” Vol. 76—No. 3930
Fix this textWednesday, June 8, 1955
Fix this textPrice 9dL
Fix this textRegistered at the General Post Office, Sydney, N.S.W., Australia, for transmission by Post as a Newspaper
Fix this textONE of the oldest and most attractive
Fix this texttowns in North-East England is
Fix this textHexham, which stands on the banks of
Fix this textthe Tyne in Northumberland. Its earliest
Fix this textbeginnings are veiled in the mists of the
Fix this textpast when Neolithic man built his first
Fix this textprimitive settlement there, but its im-
Fix this textportance Gates from the 7th century when
Fix this textSt. Wilfred established a monastery at
Fix this textHexham.
Fix this textRoman stones from nearby Corsto-
Fix this textpitum and Hadrian’s Wall served as
Fix this textbuilding material, but only the crypt and
Fix this textwest wall of the original Abbey Church
Fix this textremain, for the ecclesiastical buildings
Fix this textwere burnt and plundered by many in-
Fix this textvaders. St. Wilfred, who stood in high
Fix this textfavor with the king, had a reputation as
Fix this texta great builder of churches. His Abbey
Fix this textat Hexham was among the finest of these,
Fix this textand the chronicler, Adam Bede, observes
Fix this textthat no such church could be seen on
Fix this textthe western side of the Alps. The design
Fix this textof the Abbey was imported from Italy
Fix this textand this influence can be seen today in
Fix this textthe crypt. Between the years 681 and
Fix this text821 Hexham was the cathedral of a
Fix this textSaxon bishopric.
Fix this textThe original, abbey church was destroyed
Fix this textby Danish raiders in 875, and the second
Fix this textchurch, an Augustinian priory, was built
Fix this texton its ruins in the 12th century and is
Fix this texta fine example of Early English architec-
Fix this textture. It contains several beautiful fea-
Fix this texttures, among which are the choir, chancel
Fix this textand transept. The night-staircase leading
Fix this textfrom the transept to the monks’ dormitory
Fix this textis of particular interest as it is one of the
Fix this texttwo examples of its kind still existing in
Fix this textBritain.
Fix this textOther notable features are the 15th-
Fix this textcentury pulpit, the choir stalls and the
Fix this textstone bishop's chair which was brought
Fix this textfrom Italy by St. Wilfred. In later years
Fix this textthis chair served as a sanctuary-stool and
Fix this textis a relic of an age when the power of
Fix this textthe church was greater than that of the
Fix this textlaw. The limits of sanctuary, within
Fix this textwhich a fugitive from justice could claim
Fix this textthe protection of the church, extended for
Fix this texta mile around the building and its limits
Fix this textwere marked by stones. It is one of the
Fix this textonly two pre-Norman thrones in England ;
Fix this textthe other is at Canterbury.
Fix this textIn the south transept, is a carved stone
Fix this textdepicting a mounted soldier riding over
Fix this texta prostrate barbarian. It is the gravestone
Fix this textof a Roman soldier and it bears the
Fix this textinscription:
Fix this text“To the gods, the shades, Ftdvinus,
Fix this textstandard-bearer of the cavalry of
Fix this textPetriana of the white troop, twenty-
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Fix this textservice is laid here.”
Fix this textNo. 249: the Homeland Series by The House of Seppelt.
Fix this textA SANCTUARY STILL, HEXHAM ABBEY ONCE SHELTERED MANY A WRONGDOER
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