An Essay Towards a History of Hexham in Three Parts, Illustrating Its Ancient and Its Present State, Civil and Eccesiastical Economy,
by Andrew Biggs Wright (9781150428319)

Title: An Essay Towards a History of Hexham in Three Parts, Illustrating Its Ancient and Its Present State, Civil and Eccesiastical Economy, Antiquities and Statistics General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1823 Original Publisher: Printed and published by W. Davison Subjects: Hexham (England) Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: . Over all an escutcheon gules, a bend dexter, argent 3 stars of 5 points sable. Crest, a white swan proper, holding a pellet sable. This is a most elegant monument, by Davies of Newcastle. The family vault is beneath entered from the churchyard. Above is a large well-painted escutcheon bearing the whole arms. On the east side of the north transept, a stone slab, beneath a canopy, enveloped in mantling -- H. S. E. GUL1ELMUS JOHNSTON, Mercator, Laboribus finitis, Nature cessit 26 Die Maij A. D. 1725. -fEtat. Suse 69. The arms arc richly mantled, but the execution of the whole Is indifferent. Shield, azure, a bend dexter argent between 3 stags' heads of the first, and 3 croslets argent. Crest a sUig's head and antlers, proper. A plain white marble slab on a variegated marble case -- In memory of The Her. WILLIAM FLEMING, A. M. Minister of this parish, Who lies interred near this place. He died Jan"- 1 5th, 1809, aged 57 years. Also in memory of ELIZABETH JOBLING, Who died September 4th, 1821, aged 31 years. South aisle of the choir -- a small oval white marble monument -- To the memory of. MARGARET FEATHERSTONHALGH, Relict of W. Featherstonhalgh, Esq. Late of Newcastle upon Tyne. Ob. 19th May, 1800, Kl. 78. Elegant white marble slab, urn, and drapery, on a blue marble ground -- Sacred to the memory of PAUL VAILLANT o...

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