Photographs of Lindisfarne Priory

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Although it is known that the monastery of Lindisfarne was founded by St Aidan in about 635, no evidence has been found of the buildings. Viking raids in 875 led to the monks fleeing the island and the bishopric was transferred to Durham in 1000. The priory was re-established in Norman times in 1093 as a Benedictine house and continued until its suppression in 1536 under Henry VIII.