Bamburgh Castle, the ancient stronghold of the Idings. St
Oswald’s Gate preserves some of the Anglo-Saxon defences
The exquisite art of the
Lindisfarne Gospels is the
product of one man’s labour,
Eadfrith, Bishop of Lindisfarne
The clue is in the name; Northumbria was the Anglo-Saxon kingdom north of the Humber. At its peak it was the largest and most powerful Anglo- Saxon kingdom and, through being home to Bede for all his life, it is the best recorded kingdom up to the 8th century.