Thanks to Stan and Edgar. I didn't remember that Islandshire used to be a part of Durham. DUH. Here's some more info: http://www.thenortheast.fsnet.co.uk/Lindisfarne.htm You can find the old engravings of Lindisfarne Abbey I own at http://www.yourmapsonline.org.uk/northumberland.htm My favorite story is about Archibald Reveley, from the A2A: On August 4, 1517, an Archibald Reveley of Fowbery County, Northumberland came to the Cathedral Church of Durham, and rang the bell, then earnestly begged the immunity of St. Cuthbert, because he was present when Laurence Beil, George Reveley, John Reveley, and William Reveley slew Thomas Reveley, and Thomas Boynde, at Warunden, within the territory of Fowberry, on July 25, 1517. Sarah Reveley A chilly 64 degrees, but warming, in Texas

On Tuesday 13 Jan 2004 3:30 pm, Sarah wrote: > Thanks to Stan and Edgar. I didn't remember that Islandshire used to > be a part of Durham. DUH. > Here's some more info: > http://www.thenortheast.fsnet.co.uk/Lindisfarne.htm > > You can find the old engravings of Lindisfarne Abbey I own at > http://www.yourmapsonline.org.uk/northumberland.htm > > My favorite story is about Archibald Reveley, from the A2A: > > On August 4, 1517, an Archibald Reveley of Fowbery County, > Northumberland came to the Cathedral Church of Durham, and rang the > bell, then earnestly begged the immunity of St. Cuthbert, because he > was present when Laurence Beil, George Reveley, John Reveley, and > William Reveley slew Thomas Reveley, and Thomas Boynde, at Warunden, > within the territory of Fowberry, on July 25, 1517. > > Sarah Reveley > A chilly 64 degrees, but warming, in Texas > Perhaps that's why your Reveleys went to Cumberland - to chase the Saint after his body was dug up from Lindisfarne and taken to Workington "Where Cuthbert's body sought the sea". Although really I think it probably had more to do with industrialisation. People with skills in coal & iron seem to have crossed the country in both directions around that time. There was some kind of early smelting plant at Little Clifton near Workington on land owned by a Penrith family Cookson some of whom moved to Tyneside in the 1600s. William Cookson started a coal pit there and later John Cookson, of the Tyneside family, came back and started an iron furnace in 1723. John Wilkinson the Iron Master was born at Clifton and I think his father Isaac came from Tyneside. Oh by the way. There's a 12th century bronze sanctuary knocker not a door bell at Durham Cathedral. I think the crucial thing was to grab hold of it rather than knock (or ring). Apparently two monks were on hand to give sanctuary to seekers and to see them safely to the coast. Edgar