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March 02, 2004
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Lindisfarne
Priory & Castle
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When the Romans left there was a number
of invasions from Europe resulting in half being occupied by Germanic tribes
named Angles with the south being conquered by William a Saxons. In the early
7th century they joined forming new
Kingdom called Northumbria covering England’s east coast from York to
Edinburgh with its capital city being Bamburgh on the north coast of
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King Oswald of Northumbria won the
battle at Heavenfield and invited the Christian monks of Iona to Holy Island to
found the priory of Lindisfarne in 635 AD. The Priory became one of the seat of
Christian learning with its bishop St. Cuthbert after who’s death in 696AD 7th
century work of art the Lindisfarne Gospels were produced |
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King Oswald defeated the pagan
Cadwallon in 635AD at Havenfield to reinstate Northumbria to its leading role in
7th century Britain. The site north of Hexham where a church and Farm called St Oswald's
on the Roman Wall which would have still been standing.
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Abbey was founded by St Wilfred in 674
on the site of a Saxon church, constructed from the unused Hadrian's Wall of
which only the crypt remains. The present 12th
Century Abbey is used as Hexham's Parish church its contents include "Saint
Wilfred's Chair" said to be the coronation seat for the of Northumbrian Kings.
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Near Weldon Bridge north of Morpeth an
Augustinian Priory founded in 1135 later rebuilt in the 19th Century next the
River Coquet. The Brinkburn Priory is
one of the finest Gothic buildings in England today being maintained by the
English Heritage it is often used for choral and music recitals.
Also maintained by English Heritage is
a small Hermitage cut from the sand stone side of the Coquet River at Warkworth,
which is over looked by the magnificent
castle.
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When attacked by the Vikings the Holy Island monks
moved St Cuthbert’s remains to Durham Cathedral, St Cuthbert's coffin may
still be viewed at the Cathedral which is well worth an extended visit as is
York Cathedral.
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Our knowledge of the Northumbria kingdom is owed to the 8th century writings of
the Venerable Bede, England's first historian. At Bede's world are the remains
of his monastery, St Paul's, a museum at Jarrow a town on the south side of the Tyne between
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St
Aidan's Winery
On
Holy Island which can only be reach at low tide over the causeway are the makers
of Lindisfarne Mead, a sweet, honey based alcoholic drink which is traditional
to Northumberland, which was once made by the monks
of Lindisfarne Priory.
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