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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. [3] 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.
Lindisfarne National Nature Reserve is a 3,541-hectare (8,750-acre) UK national nature reserve. [1] It was founded to help safeguard the internationally important wintering bird populations, [ 2 ] and six internationally important species of wildfowl and wading birds winter here.
Fog on the Tyne is a 1971 album by English rock band Lindisfarne. Bob Johnston produced the album, which was recorded at Trident Studios in Soho, London, in the mid-1971 and released in October that year on Charisma Records in the United Kingdom and Elektra Records in the U.S..
In 1990, Lindisfarne introduced themselves to a younger generation with the duet "Fog on the Tyne Revisited", accompanied by footballer Paul Gascoigne, which reached No. 2 in the UK singles chart. Around this time, Jackson left the band and Craggs took over his lead vocals, adding piano accordion and tin whistle, as the band gradually ...
Chart positions Notes UK [1] 1973 Lindisfarne Live: 25 Recorded at Newcastle City Hall. 1978 Magic in the Air: 71 Recorded at Newcastle City Hall at the 1976 Christmas reunion concerts. 1983 Lindisfarntastic — Originally given away free at concerts. 1984 Lindisfarntastic 2 — Originally sold for £1.99 at concerts. 1984 Caught in the Act —
Lindisfarne Castle is a 16th-century castle located on Holy Island, near Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland, England, much altered by Sir Edwin Lutyens in 1901. The island is accessible from the mainland at low tide by means of a causeway.
Dingly Dell was released in September 1972. It spent ten weeks in the UK album charts, entering at No. 5 and never going above this position. [3]Two songs from the album were released as singles, "All Fall Down" and "Court in the Act". [4]
Lindisfarne in Northumbria derived its name, according to one place-name authority, from the Lindisfaras, so having the meaning "island [of the] travellers from Lindsey", [4] indicating that the island was settled from Lindsey, or possibly that its inhabitants travelled there.