Holy Island
Americannoun
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Also called Lindisfarne. an island off the east coast of Northumberland, England. 3 miles (4.8 km) long.
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Formerly Holyhead Island. an island off the west coast of Anglesey, in northwestern Wales. 7 miles (11 km) long.
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Also called: Lindisfarne. an island off the NE coast of Northumberland, linked to the mainland by road but accessible only at low water: site of a monastery founded by St Aidan in 635
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an island off the NW coast of Anglesey. Area: about 62 sq km (24 sq miles)
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Christine Clark, 64, was hunting for fossils during a Boxing Day walk on Holy Island, Northumberland when something caught her eye.
From BBC
Christine holidays every year to Northumberland with her husband Gerard where, she said, they regularly go hunting for Cuddy's beads on the Holy Island.
From BBC
In the first chapter, the loss is functional; Spike’s community on Holy Island is entirely analog.
From Salon
Born to a Portuguese father and an English mother, Bronze grew up in north-east England, living on Holy Island - a tidal island in Northumberland also known as Lindisfarne - with her older brother and younger sister.
From BBC
The sheer size of the constituency makes getting all the votes to the count in Blyth a big task in itself, coupled with the fact that the tides on Holy Island have been known to cause problems in the past.
From BBC
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