In 1969, Lundy was purchased by British millionaire Jack Hayward, who donated it to the National Trust.
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22 Facts About Lundy
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Lundy has a rich bird life, as it lies on major migration routes, and attracts many vagrant as well as indigenous species.
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Lundy gives its name to a British sea area and is one of the islands of England.
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Lundy is included in the district of Torridge with a resident population of 28 people in 2007.
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Place-name 'Lundy' is first attested in 1189 in the Records of the Templars in England, where it appears as Lundeia.
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Lundy has evidence of visitation or occupation from the Mesolithic period onward, with Neolithic flintwork, Bronze Age burial mounds, four inscribed gravestones from the early medieval period, and an early medieval monastery .
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Lundy built a stronghold in the area now known as Bulls' Paradise with 9-foot-thick walls.
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Lundy was a friend of Francis Bacon, a strong supporter of the Royalist cause and an expert on mining and coining.
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Lundy purchased and insured the ship Nightingale and loaded it with a valuable cargo of pewter and linen.
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Lundy claimed it to be a "free island", and successfully resisted the jurisdiction of the mainland magistrates.
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Lundy was in consequence sometimes referred to as "the kingdom of Heaven".
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Lundy is said to have been able to afford either a church or a new harbour.
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Lundy has attracted many vagrant birds, in particular species from North America.
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Lundy is home to an unusual range of introduced mammals, including a distinct breed of wild pony, the Lundy pony, as well as Soay sheep, sika deer, and feral goats .
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Until their elimination in 2006 in order to protect the nesting seabirds, Lundy was one of the few places in the UK where the black rat could be found regularly.
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Entrance to Lundy is free for anyone arriving by scheduled transport.
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Lundy has 23 holiday properties, sleeping between one and 14 people.
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Lundy has been designated by Natural England as national character area 159, one of England's natural regions.
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Lundy stamps are a type of postage stamp known to philatelists as "local carriage labels" or "local stamps".
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Labbe's Guide is considered the gold standard of Lundy catalogues owing to its extensive approach to varieties, errors, specialised items and "fantasy" issues.
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Lundy has prominently featured in John Bellairs' juvenile gothic mystery The Secret of the Underground Room .
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