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Lindisfarne

British  
/ ˈlɪndɪsˌfɑːn /

noun

  1. another name for Holy Island

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Laura Knowles works at Lindisfarne Castle as a visitor operations and experience manager for the National Trust, and was there during filming.

From BBC • Oct. 30, 2025

As a side note, Lindisfarne remains so small and remote that it doesn’t even have any doctors today.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 19, 2025

A couple hundred people have settled into a safe-enough life on Lindisfarne, an island that’s less than a mile from shore.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 19, 2025

Vikings destroyed the monastery of Lindisfarne in the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Northumbria, which had been a celebrated center of learning.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

A great portion of the north of England was converted by the Irish monks of Lindisfarne.

From History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 2 of 2) by Lecky, William Edward Hartpole

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