| Description | (Mainly relating to opposition to scheme by Mr. L.C. Lockhart, formerly a member of the Restoration Committee).
Includes summary of minutes of Restoration Committee, 1899-1906; architects agreement, 13 October 1900; correspondence of Rev. Savage both in and out, 1903-7, mainly relating to Lockharts opposition; specifications for nave, 1905; copy of Hexham Courant, 4 April 1906, reporting on vestry meeting held to consider proposals to erect nave, copy petition for faculty, 12 April 1906; copy of Hexham Courant 5 May 1906, stating that faculty had been applied for: copy of Hexham Herald, 20 October 1906, reporting on meeting of consistory court at Abbey Institute to hear application by Rev. Savage for faculty to allow building of nave and outlining Mr. Lockhart's objections; many draft legal papers re. preparation for meeting, 1906; conveyance from Northumberland County Council to the Rector and Churchwardens of Hexham of small piece of land adjoining Abbey, 8 October 1906. |