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Islandshire was an area of Northumberland, England,
comprising Lindisfarne or Holy Island, plus five
parishes on the mainland. It is
historically ****ociated...
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Northumberland and
County Durham it,
along with
Bedlingtonshire and
Islandshire, sta****
under the
jurisdiction of
Durham despite being north of the River...
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Norham and
Islandshires was a
rural district in Northumberland,
England from 1894 to 1974. The
district was
formed under the
Local Government Act 1894...
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county palatinate also had a
number of liberties: the Bedlingtonshire,
Islandshire and
Norhamshire exclaves within Northumberland, and the
Craikshire exclave...
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parish church is
still in use. Holy
Island was
considered part of the
Islandshire unit
along with
several mainland parishes. This came
under the jurisdiction...
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several other districts. Bedlingtonshire, Craikshire,
Norhamshire and
Islandshire were
exclaves of
County Durham,
which were
incorporated into Northumberland...
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Berwick Bridge, also
known as the "Old Bridge"
dates to 1611. It
linked Islandshire on the
south bank of the
River Tweed with the
county burgh of Berwick...
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exclaves affected by the 1844 Act
included the
County Durham exclaves of
Islandshire,
Bedlingtonshire and Norhamshire,
which were
subsequently treated as...
- King's Works, vol. 4 part 2, HMSO (1982), 674–679. "Lindisfarne Castle".
Islandshire Archives.
Retrieved 25
October 2023. "Lindisfarne Castle". ecastles.co...
- as London,
Bristol and Coventry, and
numerous small exclaves such as
Islandshire were created. In 1844, most of
these exclaves were
transferred to their...
