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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.
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.
Berwick Castle Constable Tower ruins: Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland: Tower: 13th century: 1 August 1952: 1371223: Upload Photo: Berwick Castle fragments, including towers, walls and steps: Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland
1216 – King John orders destruction of Berwick-upon-Tweed. 1237 – The Treaty of York defines the northern border of England and Northumberland county. 1240 – Hulne Priory founded. [2] 1250 – Haughton Castle built. (approx date). [2] 1296 – English force sacks Berwick-upon-Tweed prior to defeating Scots in the Battle of Dunbar
It formed part of the Norham and Islandshires Rural District from 1894 until 1974, and then formed part of the borough of Berwick-upon-Tweed district within the County of Northumberland. [1] In 2009 the borough of Berwick-upon-Tweed was abolished as part of wider structural changes to local government in England , with the area now falling ...
Lancelot, along with his nephew, was able to tunnel out of Berwick Tolbooth and escape. [4] A pardon was issued and he was able to live out the rest of his life as a publican in Newcastle upon Tyne. [3] He lived until December 1745, [5] long enough to witness the final Jacobite rising of 1745. His widow Catherine died at Cramlington in 1756.
Lowick (/ ˈ l aʊ ɪ k /) is a village in Northumberland, north east England.Lowick lies on the B6353 road, about 10 miles (16 km) south of Berwick-upon-Tweed.The Anglican St John the Baptist's Parish Church dates from 1794, but a chapel was built in the 12th century by monks 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.