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Village of Jarrow is a settlement in Tyne and Wear (administratively within the historic county of Durham) notable for its association with the Anglo-Saxon monastery founded in 681 CE. The monastery at Jarrow became one of the most significant centres of learning in early medieval England, particularly under the direction of the Benedictine monks who established an important scriptorium. The settlement developed around this religious foundation and remains archaeologically significant as evidence of Anglo-Saxon monastic and secular occupation. The surviving physical remains include the church of Saint Paul, which incorporates Anglo-Saxon architectural elements and represents continuity from the early medieval period into the medieval and later phases of the village's development.
Village of Jarrow is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1005897. View the official record →
Village of Jarrow is a settlement in Tyne and Wear (administratively within the historic county of Durham) notable for its association with the Anglo-Saxon monastery founded in 681 CE. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1005897.
Village of 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 1005897.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including St Paul's Monastery, Jarrow (0.1 km), Hadrian's Wall in wall mile 0, Wallsend Roman fort, Segedunum (4 km), Hadrian's Wall in wall mile 0, two sections of Hadrian's Wall between Sharpe Road and The Avenue (4.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Village of Jarrow's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Village of Jarrow stands on Pennine Middle Coal Measures Formation And South Wales Middle Coal Measures Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Moscovian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, sandstone, coal, ironstone and ferricrete.