Historical records say that the monastery at Lindisfarne was founded by a monk named Aidan in A.D. 635. At the time, Lindisfarne was controlled by a king named Oswald. While Oswald was a Christian ...

“Aidan of Lindisfarne (as he was known) was one to traverse both town and country on foot, never on horseback, unless compelled by some urgent necessity; and wherever in his way he saw ...

The first monastery at Lindisfarne was started by a monk called Aidan, in 635 AD.' 'He built it for Oswald, the Saxon king of Northumbria, who had become a Christian.' 'Early monasteries weren't ...

The most beautiful product of this time was the Lindisfarne Gospels. St Aidan, coming from Iona, had founded a monastery on the island in the early 7th century and the Gospels were created in 715–720 ...

the restored Lindisfarne Castle, the stunning Gertrude Jeykll gardens, and the mead of St Aidan’s Winery. It is only possible ...

The writing room Aidan’s monks established, a scriptorium, paved the way for the creation of the Lindisfarne Gospels a generation later, but its production is linked to another famous event in ...

with Saint Aidan having come from Iona and founded his monastery on Lindisfarne in the seventh century. “The reason Holy Island is so famous is because it has been prayed in thousands of years ...

The other honeypot is St Aidan’s Winery, home of the island’s Lindisfarne mead and where you can taste the sickly tipple while wondering exactly how much you want a Celtic craft trinket.

Remains of the Priory on Lindisfarne. Once an austere place ... bird life and deer foraging around the imposing castle. Given to Aidan as a place of solitude, the island now buzzes with hospitality.