Lindisfarne Oysters

I’m quite surprised that the Northeast is a bit of a desert when it comes to oyster farming. Christopher and Helen Sutherland run the only oyster farm on the northeast coast on a site that was established by the monks of the Lindisfarne Priory. There is even evidence to suggest that oyster beds existed as far back as 1381 when the monks bought an oyster-filled boat for 100 shillings from a Scotsman. In the late 1800s there was an attempt by the Tankerville family to revive the oyster beds, but financial problems led to their demise again.