- published: 25 Mar 2011
- views: 516713
Coordinates: 55°40′37″N 1°47′42″W / 55.677°N 1.795°W / 55.677; -1.795
Lindisfarne is a tidal island off the north-east coast of England. It is also known as Holy Island and constitutes a civil parish in Northumberland. Both the Parker Chronicle and Peterborough Chronicle annals of AD793 record the Old English name, Lindisfarena, which means "[island of the] travellers from Lindsey", indicating that the island was settled from the Kingdom of Lindsey, or possibly that its inhabitants travelled there. In 2001 the island had a population of 162.
The island of Lindisfarne appears under the Old Welsh name Medcaut in the ninth-century Historia Brittonum. Following up on a suggestion by Richard Coates, Andrew Breeze proposes that the name ultimately derives from Latin Medicata (Insula) "Healing (Island)", owing perhaps to the island's reputation for medicinal herbs. The Historia Brittonum recounts how in the sixth century, Urien, prince of Rheged, besieged the Angles led by Theodoric at the island for three days and three nights.
Lindisfarne ~ Meet Me On The Corner
lindisfarne, run for home
Lindisfarne - Lady Eleanor 1971
Lindisfarne"Lady Eleanor" 2003
Lindisfarne - Access All Areas (Full Live Show)
James Blake - Lindisfarne
Time Team S08-E09 Holy Island, Lindisfarne
James Blake - Lindisfarne I & II (Tracks & lyrics)
Lindisfarne - Run For Home (HD1080p Lyric Video)
The Vikings Raid and Burn Lindisfarne Monastery - THE VIKINGS SEASON 1
You and me sitting on a bench
Watching the day go by
Noone paying us any attention
Not even to ask us why
Sunshine in our eyes
We're watching it set as we watched it rise
You and me sitting on a bench
Watching the day go by
You and me sitting on a bus
On the front seat at the top
Watching the people who don't look like us
And going way past our stop
Travelling everywhere
We got no money but what do we care?
You and me sitting on a bus
On the front seat at the top
Ah, looks like we're sticking together
Ah, looks like lasting forever
You and me by the side of the road
In the morning feeling bright
Watching cars coming and watching them go
Still thinking we'll be home tonight
As the day goes on and the lifts are few
We think it might take us a day or two
You and me by the side of the road
In the morning feeling bright
Oh, looks like we're sticking together