Monkwearmouth–Jarrow Abbey

Local nameMonkwearmouth–Jarrow Abbey
LocationJarrow, UK

The Abbey Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, Monkwearmouth–Jarrow, known simply as Monkwearmouth–Jarrow Abbey, was a Benedictine double monastery in the Kingdom of Northumbria, England.

Its first house was St Peter's, Monkwearmouth, on the River Wear, founded in AD 674–5. It became a double house with the foundation of St Paul's, Jarrow, on the River Tyne in 684–5. Both Monkwearmouth and Jarrow are now in the metropolitan county of Tyne and Wear. The abbey became the centre of Anglo-Saxon learning, producing the greatest Anglo-Saxon scholar, Bede.

Both houses were sacked by Viking raiders and in the 9th century the abbey was abandoned. After the Norman Conquest of England in the 11th century there was a brief attempt to revive it.

Tags Anglo-SaxonDouble MonasteryPrioryScheduled MonumentEnglish HeritageRuinsMonastery
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More information and contact

Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monkwearmouth–Jarrow_Abbey

Official website http://www.stpaulschurchjarrow.com/

More information at English Heritage http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/st-pauls-monastery-jarrow/

Address (Unnamed Road), South Shields NE32 3, United Kingdom

Coordinates 54°58'48.23" N -1°28'19.778" E

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