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St Paul's Monastery, Jarrow is a seventh-century monastic foundation established in 681 by Benedictine monks under the patronage of Ceolfrith, abbot of the related monastery at Monkwearmouth. The monastery became one of the most significant centres of learning and manuscript production in Anglo-Saxon England, most notably producing the Codex Amiatinus, a pandect of the Latin Bible completed in the early eighth century. The surviving structures include the chancel of St Paul's Church, which preserves substantial portions of the original seventh-century masonry, together with fragmentary remains of other monastic buildings and archaeological deposits that attest to the site's former extent and importance. The monastery declined after Viking raids in the ninth century but continued in diminished form through the medieval period, with the church remaining in use and undergoing substantial Norman-period rebuilding whilst retaining its Anglo-Saxon fabric.
St Paul's Monastery, Jarrow is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1002978. View the official record →
St Paul's Monastery, Jarrow is a seventh-century monastic foundation established in 681 by Benedictine monks under the patronage of Ceolfrith, abbot of the related monastery at Monkwearmouth. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1002978.
St Paul's Monastery, Jarrow is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1002978.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Village of Jarrow (0.1 km), Hadrian's Wall in wall mile 0, Wallsend Roman fort, Segedunum (3.9 km), Hadrian's Wall in wall mile 0, two sections of Hadrian's Wall between Sharpe Road and The Avenue (4.1 km).
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