Lindisfarne Priory
United Kingdom /
England /
North Sunderland /
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/ United Kingdom
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/ North Sunderland
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place with historical importance, archaeological site, monastery, Order of Saint Benedict, interesting place, catholicism, English Heritage
Former Benedictine Priory Church, Lindisfarne (Holy Island).
The monastery of Lindisfarne was founded by St. Aidan, who had been sent from Iona off the west coast of Scotland to Northumbria at the request of King Oswald around 635 AD. Monks from the community of Iona settled on the island, and it became the base for Christian missions in northern England
The priory was re-established in Norman times as a Benedictine monastery and continued until its suppression in 1536 under Henry VIII. It is now a ruin in the care of English Heritage, who also run a visitor center nearby. The neighboring parish church is still in use.
www.english-heritage.org.uk/daysout/properties/lindisfa...
The monastery of Lindisfarne was founded by St. Aidan, who had been sent from Iona off the west coast of Scotland to Northumbria at the request of King Oswald around 635 AD. Monks from the community of Iona settled on the island, and it became the base for Christian missions in northern England
The priory was re-established in Norman times as a Benedictine monastery and continued until its suppression in 1536 under Henry VIII. It is now a ruin in the care of English Heritage, who also run a visitor center nearby. The neighboring parish church is still in use.
www.english-heritage.org.uk/daysout/properties/lindisfa...
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindisfarne_Priory
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 55°40'8"N 1°48'5"W
- Causeway 4.9 km
- The Shadwan (Wreck) 8.6 km
- The Acclivity (Wreck) 27 km
- Charterhall 37 km
- Greenlaw 42 km
- Harwood Forest 48 km
- Minto Hills 61 km
- Denton Dene 76 km
- South Shields Beach 78 km
- Hadrian's Wall 79 km
- Lindisfarne (Holy Island) 1.5 km
- Budle Bay 6.4 km
- Old Wood 7.4 km
- Robbie's Wood 7.9 km
- Shiellow Wood 8.6 km
- Kyloe Wood 8.8 km
- Fenton Wood 15 km
- Ewart Park 20 km
- Northumberland National Park 51 km
- Scottish Borders 64 km