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lso called the Staples, a group of 17 isles 2 m. off the NE. coast of Northumberland, many of which are mere rocks visible only at low-water; are marked by two lighthouses, and are associated with a heroic rescue by grace-darling">Grace Darling ( q. v .) in 1838; on House Isle are the ruins of a Benedictine priory; about 50 people have their homes upon the larger isles.

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Farne'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​f/farne.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
 
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