Flat Holm's friend, Saint Gildas born in the Kingdom of Strathclyde but educated at the College of Theodosius in the Kingdom of Gwent, lived at the same time on nearby Steep Holm, and the two sometimes met up for prayers.
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Flat Holm's friend, Saint Gildas born in the Kingdom of Strathclyde but educated at the College of Theodosius in the Kingdom of Gwent, lived at the same time on nearby Steep Holm, and the two sometimes met up for prayers.
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Flat Holm came within the parish boundary of St Mary's, one of Cardiff's two parish churches, and was kept as a hereditary property of the Norman Lords of Glamorgan.
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Flat Holm's family remained on Flat Holm until the end of the 17th century when the lease passed to Joseph Robins.
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In 1938, the steamship Norman Queen ran ashore on Flat Holm but was refloated, and in 1941 the steamship Middlesex was lost.
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Flat Holm noted that the tax-exempt abbey farm was prospering and counted "seven cows, two bulls, five sheep, one horse, two pigs and two dogs".
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Flat Holm was fortified in the 1860s following a visit by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert to France, where they had been concerned by the strength of the French Navy.
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In 1896, the Marquis of Bute, then-owner of Flat Holm, agreed to lease all the land that was not already in use by the military or the lighthouse to the Cardiff Corporation for £50 per year.
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The Flat Holm sanatorium is unique in being the only Victorian isolation hospital sited on a British offshore island.
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Flat Holm is designated as a Local Nature Reserve, as stipulated in that lease.
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The work of the Flat Holm Project is supported by the registered charity the Flat Holm Society.
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Flat Holm was designated a Site of Special Scientific Interest in 1972.
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Flat Holm project aims to develop the island as a showcase of sustainable technologies.
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