This is an extract from a volume listing the names, and number of tradesmen employed during the restoration work at Hexham Abbey, 1798 - 1800.
Many of the Hexham parish records are deposited with Northumberland Archives Service. Previously they were kept at the church. For many years church records were stored in the Parish Chest. This tradition dates back to medieval times. The Chest would usually be found in the vestry and kept under lock and key. All church records would be stored there. For example, baptism registers, poor relief records and churchwardens' accounts would all be found within the Chest.
