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Holy Island Parish Sheet 12.2.Trace 3

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Holy Island Holy Island Mr Ralph Wilson, Harbour Master on sheets A village in the German Ocean Holy Island Township opposite Kyloe
Holy Island Mr Robert Stamp, School Master 12.2 & in the south part of the township having the same name
Holy Island Mr William Smith, Fisherman 12.6 in the village are the ruins of a Cathedral and a Monastery,
a Church dedicated to St Mary, a Boys and Girls School
supported by charitable bequests, private endowments
and small weekly payments of the children whom average
about 60 daily; A Cross erected in the Market Place in 1828
on the site of the Ancient Cross and 9 Public Houses
There are several small shops here for the sale of
Groceries &c but none of any importance.
It appears this Island Village was formerly known as
Lindisfarne but since 1038 all legal documents and
assessments style it Holy Island.
Thomas Cosgrove

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