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1865: “Six interesting monumental slabs are now preserved in the south transept, all of them disinterred within the last few years, having been found on the south side of the church. … valuable examples of incised Longobardic letters of the 13th century. They taper but slightly from head to foot, and three of them have plain margins; another is beaded slightly. All the inscriptions run down the middle of the stones, enclosed within parallel lines, and are as follows … ✠HENRICUS DE WALTONA✠ … ” [Raine, Preface IIp.lxxx]
In the slype before 1888. Moved to E side of cloister c1983, hence Peter Ryder's letter of 14/04/1987. Removed from cloister to slype 29 October 1992. [Churchwardens Record HEXAB9535 p69]
2012: “It is proposed that seven gravestones of the canons of Hexham be mounted on the west wall of the new link cloister building between the Abbey and the Carnaby building. This gives acknowledgment to the lives of the Canons who, over a period of 400 years, built the Priory buildings largely as we know them today. Currently randomly scattered around the floors of the Abbey, these inscribed stones represent the most important group from any mediæval monastery in the north of England. These 10th to 12th-century grave markers are rare and impressive carvings.” [Hexham Abbey collection faculty document.pdf, §16]