OK, I'll admit to my ignorance ... where's "Islandshire"? I've never heard the term before! Karen > -----Original Message----- > From: Sarah [mailto:SREVELEY@satx.rr.com] > Hmmm....there were Reveleys in Islandshire! >

Hi! Islandshire includes Holy Island and Lindisfarne, off the coast of Northumberland, way up on the map but not too far from Reaveley and Ingram. Now I realize this is the Durham List, so it is somewhat off-topic, but there are a lot of Reveleys in Durham. Relatively speaking. Sarah OK, I'll admit to my ignorance ... where's "Islandshire"? I've never heard the term before! Karen

On Tuesday 13 Jan 2004 10:21 am, Lynn Karen wrote: > OK, I'll admit to my ignorance ... where's "Islandshire"? I've never > heard the term before! > > Karen > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Sarah [mailto:SREVELEY@satx.rr.com] > > Hmmm....there were Reveleys in Islandshire! To the north of Northumberland there used to be a detached part of Durham - North Durham. In it were three shires, Bedlington, Norham and Island. Islandshire was the area around Lindisfarne. A few years ago there was a good write up about this in the magazine of the Northumberland & Durham FHS. Unfortunately I've no longer got a copy and can't remember much more than I've just said. But Google is your friend - so they say. http://www.dur.ac.uk/Library/asc/pip/technical/county.html may help a little. Edgar