John Speed's proof map of Holy Island/Lindisfarne for his atlas of 1611-12: http://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/departments/maps/digital-maps/john-speed-proof-maps …pic.twitter.com/qy8CTZtidj
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Altho' various alternatives proposed, none really convincing; name suggests link to Lincs, as Lindisfaran=OE name for the ppl of 'Lindsey'.
@caitlinrgreen interesting...?
@HyettNeal Indeed! Secondary movement of OE speakers from Lincs to Bernicia in mid-6thC?
@caitlinrgreen okay. This could apply to mercians etc as secondaries as well (?)
@HyettNeal Yes, I suggested similar in the book :) One of the prob major Mercian groupings shares a grp-name w/ part of south Lincs etc etc!
@caitlinrgreen We have a suburb called Lindisfarne here in Tasmania. I was like, "as in 'The Gospels'"? And no one knew what I meant.
@diva_ex_machina Oh dear! :-/ Out of curiosity, any idea how the name given? Find Old-New world name transference intriguing!
@diva_ex_machina Oh that's fabulous, thanks! Just what I always wondered, whether transferred place-names represent Old World origins...
@diva_ex_machina Might make an interesting comparison w/ the situation in pre-Viking England!
@caitlinrgreen Some say that Tassie is more English than England. Our main river, the Derwent, is named after the one in Cumbria.
@diva_ex_machina @caitlinrgreen to be clear, those people have probably not actually been to England.
@ImogenEbsworth Well, neither have I, so I'm only repeating what I've heard. @caitlinrgreen
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