Lindisfarne Mead Lindisfarne Mead Lindisfarne Mead is a fortified honey alcoholic drink from Northumberland in North East England, with links to the monks of Holy Island. It is made exclusively in St Aiden's Winery on the Holy Island of Lindisfarne. Like other mead, Lindisfarne mead is fermented from honey. However it is also vatted with fermented grape juice, herbs, natural well water and fortified with fine spirit. The honey which is used in the production of Lindisfarne Mead is drawn from around the world as well as from the island. Unlike other traditional mead, Lindisfarne mead is actually a hydromel because it
Richard Mead-Briggs Richard Mead-Briggs Richard Mead-Briggs (25 March 1902 – 15 May 1956) was an English cricketer. Mead-Briggs was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium-fast. He was born at Canterbury, Kent. Mead-Briggs made two first-class appearances for Warwickshire against Sussex and Leicestershire in the 1946 County Championship. Against Sussex, Mead-Briggs bowled 14 wicketless overs in Sussex's first-innings total of 224. He was dismissed for 2 runs in Warwickshire's first-innings of 237 by Edward Harrison. The match ended in a draw. Against Leicestershire, he ended not out on 44 in Warwickshire's first-innings total of 368, while in Leicestershire's first-innings he took what