Unveiling of Hexham Abbey Cross

Date: March 28, 1902 • Location: Keswick, United Kingdom

The Hexham Abbey high-altar cross is a metal-and-enamel cross placed on the main altar in Hexham Abbey in Northumberland, England. Designed by Herbert Maryon of the Keswick School of Industrial Art and executed by its craftsman Jeremiah Richardson, the cross was donated to the church by a parishioner in 1902, and unveiled on Good Friday that year. Two matching candlesticks were added in 1905, and another four in 1996; these now stand next to the cross, three on either side.