Holy Island (Lindisfarne), 



Its Position Geographically. 



THE original name was Lindisfarne, which means a 

 recess or retreat by the brook "Lindis," and this 

 stream emanates from the mainland near to 

 Goswick, and after taking a circular or semi-circular course 

 seaward, it returns to the mainland. The traveller crosses 

 this oft-times formidable stream soon after leaving the 

 Beal side for the Island. 



The more modern name was doubtless given to it in 

 memory of the former sanctity of the place, and also 

 because of the blood of the monks who were cruelly 

 massacred by the Vikings in the ninth century. There is 

 evidence that the new name was given to it on the 

 re-establishment of the Priory. 



The Island is triangular in shape, with its base seaward, 

 and its apex opposite the mainland. It is seven miles, as 

 the crow flies, south of Berwick-on-Tweed, 360 miles from 

 London, and about equi-distant from Edinburgh on the 

 north, and Newcastle-on-Tyne on the south (sixty miles 

 approximately). 



Holy Island, luckily, is not a fashionable watering-place. 

 It is off the beaten track, and visitors can go where they 

 please and do what they please, and those who come once 

 invariably repeat their visit. 



A trap can be summoned by telegram from either of the 

 following : Mr. Rob. Bell, Post Office, Holy Island ; Mr. 

 James Brigham, Holy Island; Mr. Geo. Wilson, Northum- 

 berland Arms, Holy Island; Mr. Morton, The Plough 



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