Ruins of Jarrow Monastery, Jarrow, Tyne and Wear
Remains of an Anglo-Saxon and Mediaeval monastery, founded in 681 AD by St Benedict Biscop and King Egfrid of Northumbria. The Reverend Bede died there in 735. It was raided by the Vikings in 794 and in about 870 it was abandoned after being destroyed by fire. Bede's remains were transported to Durham in 1022. Jarrow was burnt by William I in 1069. The monastery was restored as a Benedictine Priory in 1072 and became a cell of Durham Priory in 1083. It was dissolved in 1536. During the late 18th century part of the remains were demolished. This site is now in the care of English Heritage (2010) and managed by Bede's World.
