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 ...

But Christianity was not quite extinguished. Around 634, a monk named St. Aidan was sent by King Oswald of Northumbria to Lindisfarne to establish a monastery. Anglo-Saxon kings were eager to ...

The evidence suggesting that this could be the site of one of Holy Island’s original early Anglo-Saxon period churches – perhaps even one built by the founder of Lindisfarne, St Aidan – is ...

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 ...

St Columba inhabited the lonely rock of Iona, amidst wild Hebridean seas. St Aidan made his home on Lindisfarne, encircled by the creeping Northumbrian tides. Then there was Aidan’s follower St ...

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

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.

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 ...

Lindisfarne, or Holy Island, has 1,500 years of recorded history and remains as popular as ever with pilgrims of all kinds. Clive Aslet takes a look at its history, and tells the tale of how Country ...