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	The Holy Island Project Home Page
		Located off the Ayrshire coastline in the Western Isles of Scotland, Holy Island has an ancient spiritual heritage stretching back to the 6th century.
		At the north of the island there is the Centre for World Peace and Health where an ongoing retreat and course programme takes place.
		Holy Island is divided into several areas, some of which are reserved for birds and animals, others for our native tree planting programme.
	www.holyisland.org (121 words)

	Holy Island Northumberland Northumbria England UK GB (page 49)
		The island was formally known as Lindisfarne and described as "The Jewel of the Northumberland Coast".
		Holy Island is the end point of the popular St Cuthbert's Way long distance footpath which begins in Melrose in the Scottish borders.
		Holy Island, for example, is an internationally important area for birds on migration and as winter quarters.
	www.northumberland.gov.uk /vg/holy_island.html (1398 words)

	Holy Island (Lindisfarne) Northumberland
		Holy Island or Lindisfarne as it was originally known, is one of the most important sites in the history Christianity in Britain.
		The 6th and 7th centuries were a period of outstanding brilliance both for Holy Island and the whole of Northumbria.
		In 1082 the Benedictines revived the community, renaming Lindisfarne 'Holy Island' to commemorate the holy blood shed during the Viking invasions.
	www.berwick.org.uk /holyisland/holyisland.htm (407 words)

	Holy Island - LoveToKnow 1911
		Holy Island derives its name from a monastery founded on it by St Aidan, and restored in 1082 as a cell of the Benedictine monastery at Durham.
		The inhabitants of Holy Island were governed by two bailiffs at least as early as the 14th century, and, according to J. Raine in his History of North Durham (1852), are called "burgesses or freemen" in a private paper dated 1728.
		In 1323 the bailiffs and community of Holy Island were commanded to cause all ships of the burthen of thirty tons or over to go to Ereswell with their ships provisioned for a month at least and under double manning to be ready to set out on the king's service.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Holy_Island (615 words)

	Holy Island, Anglesey - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Holy Island (in Welsh, Ynys Cybi, 'the island of Saint Cybi') is a small island (approx.
		It is called "Holy" because of the high concentration of standing stones, burial chambers and other religious sites on the small island.
		Holy Island is connected to Anglesey by causeways carrying the A5/A55 road and the main railway line to Chester and London, and the original bridge of the A5 post road.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Holy_Island,_Anglesey (199 words)

	Men's Basketball Plays Host To American On Sunday :: Crusaders and Eagles are tied for second place in the league.
		HOLY CROSS IN THE RPI: The Crusaders are currently ranked 58th in the nation in the latest Ratings Percentage Index, according to Collegiate Basketball News.
		Holy Cross also shot well at Army, hitting on 26 of 52 attempts from the floor (50.0 percent) and 10 of 20 shots from behind the arc (50.0 percent).
		Willard is a 1967 graduate of Holy Cross, and was a three-year letterwinner for the Crusaders.
	goholycross.cstv.com /sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/012205aaa.html (3783 words)

	Alnwick On Lion - Holy Island
		Holy Island, which is 20 miles north of Alnwick, has its own site which you can see by clicking here.
		Pevsner said that "Holy Island from the mainland is not at all an impressive sight".
		It is apparently true that the Holy Island primary school was ofsteded at a cost of £20,000 even though it only had one child who was leaving that term.
	www.alnwick.org.uk /holy.htm (1289 words)

	AllRefer.com - Holy Island (British And Irish Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
		Holy Island or Lindisfarne[lin´disfArn] Pronunciation Key, off the coast of Northumberland, NE England.
		At low tide the island is connected with the mainland by a stretch of sand.
		It was written at Holy Island before 700; an Anglo-Saxon gloss was added at Durham in the 10th cent.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/H/HolyIsl.html (307 words)

	BBC - Hands on Nature - Holy Island Access (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Holy Island or Lindisfarne is a wilderness location which boasts a diversity of wildlife habitats.
		Sitting on the top of the easterly section of the Whin Sill, this small island is separated from the mainland by a narrow causeway which is covered by water at high tide.
		Holy Island is cut off from the mainland at high tide so plan your visit to allow plenty of time.
	www.bbc.co.uk /handsonnature/coast/holy_access.shtml (355 words)

	Ireland Mid-West Online - County Clare - Inis Cealtra - 'Holy Island'
		Holy Island or Inis Cealtra containing approximately twenty hectares is situated on Lough Derg, the largest lake on the Shannon.
		Mountshannon is the nearest village to the island, which is placed in the midst of some of the most beautiful scenery in the whole of Ireland.
		Brian's brother, Marcan was Abbot of Holy Island, Terryglass and Killaloe, at the time of his death in 1009, and is mentioned in the Annals of Ulster as 'Coarb of Colum' not of Caimin as one might expect.
	www.irelandmidwest.com /clare/towns/Iniscealtra.htm (1960 words)

	The Holy Island of Lindisfarne, Northumberland, Northumbria, England (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Holy Island of Lindisfarne, Northumberland, Northumbria, England
		Lime was quarried on the Island and the remains of the wagon way between the quarries and the kilns makes for a pleasant and easy walk.
		Holy Island was considered part of the Islandshire unit along with several mainland parishes.
	www.travelbritain.com /England/HolyIsland/index.html (817 words)

	Holy island
		The O'Grady Clan is associated with a fourteenth century Tower House or Castle and a mortuary chapel on the island.
		On Holy Island is an impressive memorial to the O'Gradys complete with a carving of the family arms and motto "Vulneratus non Victur" - "Wounded not Conquered".
		From the 17th century to the mid 20th century the Island was famous as a center of pilgrimage.
	home.mchsi.com /~ogrady/ogradyclan/history/holy_island.htm (459 words)

	Holy Island - Search Results - MSN Encarta (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Holy Island - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Holy Island, also called Lindisfarne, a small island off the coast of Northumberland, England, 5 sq km (1.9 sq mi) in area.
		Islands of the Blessed, in Greek mythology, islands at the western end of the earth, near the river Oceanus, where heroes and other mortals favored...
	encarta.msn.com /Holy_Island.html (143 words)

	Holy Island Pilgrimages
		From the island could be descried a dark stream coming from the mainland across the three miles of sands..."
		And it was certainly a rare sight, whether, looked at from the hillock over which the road passes at Beal farm, or from the sedge banks on the Holy Island.
		There they were of every age and sex and condition of life--rich and poor, young and old, mothers with children, and old men depending almost as much upon their staves as upon their legs.
	www.rcdhn.org.uk /about_the_diocese/holy_island_pilgrimages.htm (468 words)

	Edinburgh Bicycle: Melrose to Holy Island
		It is possible to stay with the Tweed as far as Coldstream, but if you are going to Holy Island you will definitely have to say goodbye to the river there, as at Coldstream the Tweed turns north to meet the sea at Berwick.
		The outline of Holy Island is instantly recognisable, and you will be able to see whether the tidal causeway is open or not.
		Holy Island was the site of a Christian priory established by St Aidan in 653 until it was eventually abandoned owing to Viking raids.
	www.edinburgh-bicycle.co.uk /routes/route_melrose.html (1240 words)

	GENUKI: Holy Island, Northumberland Genealogy
		"HOLY ISLAND is a parish, eomprising the townships of Holy Island, Fenham, and Goswick, whose united area is 8,296 acres, and its population in 1801, was 601; in 1811, 675; in 1821, 760; in 1831, 836; in 1841, 809; and in 1851, 908 souls." [From History, Topography, and Directory of Northumberland, Whellan, 1855].
		Glenn Bailey has supplied name indexes for the Holy Island census returns of 1851, 1861, and 1871 and will supply full details of entries on request.
		Holy Island Parish was part of Berwick-upon-Tweed Poor Law Union.
	www.genuki.bpears.org.uk /NBL/HolyIsland/index.html (423 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Ancient Diocese and Monastery of Lindisfarne
		Holy Isle became the center of great missionary activity and also the episcopal seat of sixteen successive bishops.
		The ecclesiastical ruins on Holy Island date from the eleventh century.
		A pilgrimage, consisting of 3000 persons, crossed the sands to Holy Island in 1887 -- the twelfth centenary of St.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/09269a.htm (982 words)

	The Holy Island of Lindisfarne - Northumberland England
		Holy Island (Lindisfarne) is situated off the Northumberland coast in the north east of England, just a few miles south of the border with Scotland.
		The island is linked to the mainland by a causeway which twice a day is covered by the tide.
		The most distinguishing feature of Holy Island is Lindisfarne Castle, based on a Tudor fort, located high on the hill.
	www.samsays.com /Lindisfarne.htm (508 words)

	Clare Places - Holy Island (Inis Cealtra)
		Samuel Lewis, writing in 1837, gives the following description of Holy Island; "This island, which is also called the "Island of the Seven Churches," is in Lough Derg, between the counties of Clare and Galway.
		In 834 the island was ravaged by the Danes from Limerick, and in 1027 the great Brian Boroimhe rebuilt the church.
		Holy Island was assigned to the diocese of Killaloe at the Synod of Rathbreasail.
	www.clarelibrary.ie /eolas/coclare/places/holy_island1.htm (1230 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Holy Island (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Holy Island HOLY ISLAND [Holy Island] or Lindisfarne, off the coast of Northumberland, NE England.
		Cebu CEBU [Cebu], island, 1,702 sq mi (4,408 sq km), one of the Visayan Islands, the Philippines, between Leyte and Negros.
		The island was important agriculturally, but overpopulation and soil depletion have virtually halted production.
	www.encyclopedia.com /articles/05986.html (568 words)

	Holy Island
		Holy Island (Lindisfarne) is a superb venue for the dinghy sailor.
		Holy Island is cut off by tides that cover the Causeway 2 hrs before and 3 hrs after high water.
		The sheltered sailing is over Fenham Flats and Holy Island Sands, a wide, esturine area of sand and mud within Lindisfarne National Nature Reserve and ‘The Harbour’ which never dries and provides good LW sailing.
	myweb.tiscali.co.uk /timrob/nedca/holy_island.htm (917 words)

	MDOT - Holy Island Rd. / Lake Charlevoix (Site not responding. Last check: )
		MDOT - Holy Island Rd. / Lake Charlevoix
		The Holy Island Road Bridge is the only known surviving example of a pony truss bridge built in Michigan by the Wabash Bridge company of Wabash, Indiana.
		This bridge firm was established in 1896 and was one of many small bridge companies that emerged in the midwest in the 1890s.
	www.michigan.gov /mdot/0,1607,7-151-9620_11154_11188-26651--,00.html (75 words)

	Holy Island. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		At low tide the island is connected with the mainland by a stretch of sand.
		Saint Cuthbert was the most famous of the bishops of Holy Island.
		It was written at Holy Island before 700; an Anglo-Saxon gloss was added at Durham in the 10th cent.
	www.bartleby.com /65/ho/HolyIsl.html (230 words)

	Seahouses - Farne Islands Boat Trips
		Staple Island is noted for its' vast seabird colonies, especially those of the Auk family such as Guillemots, Razorbills and Puffins.
		HOLY ISLAND CRUISE Holy Island or Lindisfarne is known as the "cradle of Christianity".
		The boat reaches Holy Island at high tide when the island is cut off from the mainland and the true peace and tranquillity of island life can be experienced.
	www.farne-islands.com /boat-trips (1398 words)

	Holy Island - Lindisfarne History
		The modern causeway reaches the island at a point called the snook, at the western tip of a long sandy peninsula, which leads the road to the attractive Holy Island village and the nearby ruins of a Norman priory.
		Just offshore from Holy Island village, is the small Island of Hobthrush, or St Cuthbert's Isle, where the saint was said to have crafted the legendary beads described by Sir Walter Scott in Marmion.
		Although in Norman times Holy Island priory became a cell of Durham Cathedral little is known of the island's history or people in the centuries following the Norman Conquest.
	www.northeastengland.talktalk.net /Lindisfarne.htm (888 words)

	Holy Island - A Visitors Guide
		One of the main centres of Christianity in the Dark Ages, the island was given to St Aidan in AD 635 by Oswald, King of Northumbria, and it became well respected throughout Europe.
		Holy Island is by far the top spot for birdwatching in North East England, 312 species having been recorded in the area with new birds being added to the list annually.
		Lindisfarne Mead is a unique alcoholic fortified wine manufactured on the island from fermented white grapes, honey, herbs, the pure natural water from the island's artesian well fortified with fine spirits.
	www.northumberland-coast.co.uk /holy_island.php (926 words)

	holy island and lindisfarne accommodation at the sportsman hotel
		Holy Island is approximately nine miles north of the Sportsman Hotel.
		The population of Holy Island is about 150 people but these numbers swell to 500,000 people in the height of summer.
		Holy island and the Sportsman Hotels both offer a friendly welcome to the visitor to Northumberland and is a fantastic place to set off on a day excursion.
	www.sportsmanhotel.co.uk /holidays.php (193 words)

	HOLY HIEROMARTYR JUSTINIAN OF RAMSEY ISLAND - A Holy Orthodox Saint of Britain
		Having collected together some companions, the holy man embarked in a boat made of hides, praying to God to lead him to a land in which he could lead a solitary life.
		Now the fame of the holy man reached the ears of St. David, archbishop of Menevia, who rejoiced in his arrival and sent messengers to him, beseeching him to come to him.
		And whatever dwellings he chose, whether on the island or on the mainland, he gave to him and to the brothers who flocked to him.
	www.orthodox.net /western-saints/justinian-hieromartyr-of-ramsey-island.html (950 words)

	CollyLogic: Holy Island, Batman!
		I’ve just returned from a weekend with friends on Holy Island, a remote community just off the North-East coast a stones throw from Scotland (jump to gallery).
		Holy Island, with it’s instantly recognisable Lindisfarne Castle, is only reachable for a few hours each day when the tide is out and the causeway is exposed.
		As mentioned earlier, I’ve uploaded a Holy Island gallery if you ‘d care to try and get a visual angle on all of this.
	www.collylogic.com /?/comments/holy_island_batman (560 words)

	Northern Cross - Holy Island
		Our arrival is marked by a short service where the four groups are welcomed to the island and their crosses are laid at rest in the chapel.
		Cuthbert's name became attached to the Eider ducks that are relatively common around the island ('Cuddy's Chickens') and to certain small fossils which occur on the island ('Cuddy's Beads').
		He died on 20th March 687, attended by a small group of his brethren, and his passing was signalled across the sea to Holy Island by the waving of torches.
	www.northerncross.co.uk /holyisle.htm (984 words)

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