St Mary's, Holy Island
The parish church stands on the site of the wooden church built by St. Aidan in 635 AD, which during the Anglo-Saxon period was replaced by a small stone church. The Benedictine monks of Durham, who in the 12th century began to build the second monastery, decided this should be the parish church and employed and paid a chaplain to care for the villagers. The Journey by Dr Fenwick Lawson. The monks of Lindisfarne carried St. Cuthbert's body on the first stage of its journey to Durham. Post Code: TD15 2RX
