Lindisfarne
Also known as The Holy Island of Lindisfarne, Lindesfarne, Holy Island
Lindisfarne, also known as Holy Island, is a tidal island off the northeast coast of England, which constitutes the civil parish of Holy Island in Northumberland. Holy Island has a recorded history from the 6th century AD; it was an important centre of Celtic Christianity under Saints Aidan, Cuthbert, Eadfrith, and Eadberht of Lindisfarne. The island was originally home to a monastery, which was destroyed during the Viking invasions but re-established as a priory following the Norman Conquest of England. Other notable sites built on the island are St Mary the Virgin parish church (originally b
Key facts
- COA wide.crest
- A monk seated affrontée and habited in a saffron-coloured robe Proper behind the head a nimbus Or and holding in the hands an open book Gules garnished Gold.
- COA wide.motto
- Ecce Ego Mitte Me (Here I Am, Send Me!)
- COA wide.notes
- Granted 10 June 1959 by Sir George Bellew (Garter) and Sir John Heaton-Armstrong (Clarenceux). Design negotiated with John Brooke-Little (Bluemantle).
- UK place.official_name
- Lindisfarne
- UK place.local_name
- Holy Island
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.region
- North East England
- UK place.civil_parish
- Holy Island
- UK place.unitary_england
- Northumberland
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- North Northumberland
- UK place.population
- 180
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39 sectionsContents
- Name and etymology
- Name
- Etymology
- Geography and population
- Community
- Causeway safety
- History
- Early
- Lindisfarne Abbey
- Founding and early years
- Cuthbert as bishop
- 8th and 9th centuries
- Lindisfarne Gospels
- Viking raid on the monastery (793)
- Prior to dissolution of the monasteries
- After dissolution of the priory
- Architecture and archaeology
- Historical island economy
- Middle Ages economy
- Post priory dissolution economy
- 21st-century economy
- Additional points of interest
- Church of St Mary the Virgin
- St Cuthbert's Isle (Hobthrush)
- Lindisfarne Castle
- Green Shiel
- Navigational markers
- Community Trust Fund/Holy Island Partnership
- Tourism
- Media
- Culture
- Music
- In popular fiction
- Arms
- Notes
- Citations
- References
- Further reading
- External links
Lindisfarne, also known as Holy Island, is a tidal island off the northeast coast of England, which constitutes the civil parish of Holy Island in Northumberland. Holy Island has a recorded history from the 6th century AD; it was an important centre of Celtic Christianity under Saints Aidan, Cuthbert, Eadfrith, and Eadberht of Lindisfarne. The island was originally home to a monastery, which was destroyed during the Viking invasions but re-established as a priory following the Norman Conquest of England. Other notable sites built on the island are St Mary the Virgin parish church (originally built in 635 CE and restored in 1860), Lindisfarne Castle, several lighthouses and other navigational markers, and a complex network of lime kilns. The island is an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and a hotspot for historical tourism and bird watching.
==Name and etymology== ===Name=== Both the Parker and Peterborough versions of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle for 793 record the Old English name .
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