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Submitted by Thorgrim on Monday, 15 August 2005  Page Views: 13150

Early Medieval (Dark Age)Site Name: Jarrow Alternative Name: Bede's Monastery; St Paul's Church (Jarrow)
Country: England County: Tyne and Wear Type: Ancient Cross
Nearest Town: South Shields  Nearest Village: Jarrow
Map Ref: NZ3387965216
Latitude: 54.980402N  Longitude: 1.472183W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
3 Ambience:
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4Good
3Ordinary
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1Awful
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5 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
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5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
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2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
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Anne T visited on 10th Jun 2015 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 5 Anglo Saxon Fragments, St Paul's Church and St Bede's Monastery, Jarrow: We parked at Bede’s World (a couple of hundred yards away from the church and the monastery) and having decided to start off at St Paul’s Church, we followed (or tried to follow) the signs, which took us across the busy main road to another car park. All the paths seemed to lead into the middle of no-where. After 10 minutes wandering around in circles with granddaughter in pushchair, I finally went inside to ask. The girls at the Bede’s World reception had to go and ask. “It’s straight through the park”, they told me. All the posters up in the reception area said the church was open until 15:30 so we thought we had plenty of time. Not being able to get the pushchair down the ramp into the park (too overgrown) we followed the pavement along the main road down to the church, where we had to manoeuvre round tree cutters to follow the path up to the west porch. We were greeted by the ruins of St Bede’s Monastery on our right hand side – such an ancient building incongruously topped by modern pylons rising up behind. It turned out the church was only open until 3pm so we only had 10 minutes to go in, wander round, take photographs and try and appreciate the history of what we were seeing. A volunteer came up to us and I waved the Corpus of Anglo Saxon stone sculpture pages that I’d printed off and explained I was on a ‘treasure hunt for Anglo Saxon cross pieces’. Instead, we got drawn into the old monastery chapel for a guided tour. The rest of the church seems, and feels, pretty ordinary, but this old chapel, dating from AD681 with its dedication plaque above the entry arch, was very moody and special. The lady pointed out the two pieces of original Anglo-Saxon glass in the south windows. It also turns out that the fragments are now in display cases, rather than being displayed in the porches, which made them incredibly difficult to photograph, as the light coming through the church windows reflected in the glass, as did the flash when I tried to use it. By this point, they were turning the lights off in the church to go home, although they very kindly let us stay an extra 10 minutes so I could photograph some of the artefacts. Definitely a second trip needed when there’s more time to wander round the old church and the ruins of the monastery outside.

Jarrow
Jarrow submitted by Thorgrim : Cross fragments (Vote or comment on this photo)
Ancient Cross in Tyne and Wear

Sculptured fragments of Anglian crosses in the monastery where the Venerable Bede wrote his Ecclesiastical History of the English People.
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Jarrow
Jarrow submitted by Thorgrim : Bede's monastery church of St Paul Northumberland NZ 339652 (1 comment - Vote or comment on this photo)

Jarrow
Jarrow submitted by Anne T : A photograph of the display case housing some fantastic sculptured pieces (top to bottom, left to right): AS Corpus Jarrow 02, 31, 20 and 19 (see individual close ups for more details). (Vote or comment on this photo)

Jarrow
Jarrow submitted by Thorgrim : Early saxon window in the monastery church of St Paul. County Durham NZ 339652 (Vote or comment on this photo)

Bede's World (Jarrow)
Bede's World (Jarrow) submitted by Anne T : Corpus of Anglo Saxon Stone Sculpture reference: Jarrow 11, this stone contains the carving of one arm and part of the centre of a cross. It dates from the 7th to 8th century. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Bede's World (Jarrow)
Bede's World (Jarrow) submitted by Anne T : This fragment was reported as being held in the Museum of Antiquities in Newcastle, so we were surprised to find this here. It's not a copy (the other copies are coloured dark brown). Dating from the late 7th to early 8th century, the cross has a square centre with round-headed flat-band moulding. Corpus of Anglo Saxon Sculpture reference: Jarrow 10.

Bede's World (Jarrow)
Bede's World (Jarrow) submitted by Anne T : This stone fragment dates from the late 7th to early 8th century. Probably an uncompleted grave marker, the script has a very distinctive 'Jarrow capital type'. Corpus of Anglo Saxon Sculpture reference: Jarrow 12

Bede's World (Jarrow)
Bede's World (Jarrow) submitted by Anne T : This is the Franks Casket, made entirely of whalebone. Whilst now reconstructed, with some parts having gone to other museums, it is a rare and wonderful piece of carving. The sign underneath tells me that it mixes Roman, Christian, Jewish and Germanic legends and has a mix of runic and Latin scripts.

Bede's World (Jarrow)
Bede's World (Jarrow) submitted by Anne T : This is another piece of cross shaft, displayed near the Northumbrian Cross found at Northallerton. The scrolls remain clear and crisp - wonderful workmanship.

Bede's World (Jarrow)
Bede's World (Jarrow) submitted by Anne T : Dating from the eighth to tenth century, this undecorated piece of cross-shaft is edged with roll mouldings. Corpus of Anglo Saxon Sculpture reference: Jarrow 07

Bede's World (Jarrow)
Bede's World (Jarrow) submitted by Anne T : This fragment might either be part of an impost or possibly the edge of a cross arm, dating from the late 7th to early 8th century. Corpus of Anglo Saxon Sculpture reference: Jarrow 32

Bede's World (Jarrow)
Bede's World (Jarrow) submitted by Anne T : This is a fragment of cross arm and cross head dating from the first half of the 8th century. Corpus of Anglo Saxon Sculpture reference: Jarrow 08 and 09.

Bede's World (Jarrow)
Bede's World (Jarrow) submitted by Anne T

Bede's World (Jarrow)
Bede's World (Jarrow) submitted by Anne T : This fragment of cross shaft is displayed beneath the cross head of the Northumbria Cross found at Northallerton and, although there was no display marker, may well have been part of the shaft of the cross head.

Bede's World (Jarrow)
Bede's World (Jarrow) submitted by Anne T : These late 7th/early 8th century fragments have been reconstructed into an ornamental panel. Corpus of Anglo Saxon Sculpture reference: Jarrow 24

Bede's World (Jarrow)
Bede's World (Jarrow) submitted by Anne T : This Northumbrian Cross was found in Northallerton, and brought up to the museum. Dating from the 8th century, the central boss has five raised bosses, each representing the wounds of Christ on the cross.

Jarrow
Jarrow submitted by Anne T : This is the fourth item in the display case alongside AS Corpus Jarrow 02, 19 and 20. It is part of a socket of uncertain date.

Jarrow
Jarrow submitted by Anne T : Close up of AS Corpus Jarrow 20, an incomplete architectural sculpture from the early 8th century, showing a plant scroll 'inhabited by men and a beast'.

Jarrow
Jarrow submitted by Anne T : The original dedication plaque dating from 685AD, in the west facing (now) internal wall above the chancel wall. Referenced as AS Corpus Jarrow 17, it was first recorded as having been around in 1607, recovered when the north wall of the church was pulled down in 1783.

Jarrow
Jarrow submitted by Anne T : Referenced as AS Corpus Jarrow 02, this is an upper fragment of cross shaft dating from the first half of the 8th century. It was found in 1936, near the Old Don Bridge. It shows scrolls work framed in a double flat-band moulding with deeply cut strands ending in berry bunches and leaf-flowers.

Jarrow
Jarrow submitted by Anne T : Not built into the walls of the west or north porches as the AS Corpus notes state, but not in a modern glass display case. These are AS Corpus Jarrow 25, 26 and 27 (all parts of baluster friezes) dating from the last part of the 7th/first part of the 8th century, together with Jarrow 30, some of the 25 baluster shafts found in the nave walls which date from the 7th to 8th century.

Jarrow
Jarrow submitted by Anne T : Next to Jarrow 04, in the same display case, is AS Corpus Jarrow 03, another incomplete cross shaft, dating from the first half of the 10th century. The Corpus notes state is was originally built into the north wall of the 11th century tower, recovered in the 1866 restoration.

Jarrow
Jarrow submitted by Anne T : This is AS Corpus Jarrow 04, part of an incomplete cross shaft, dating from the last quarter of the 9th to first quarter of the 10th century. The Corpus notes say it was found in 1969 in archaeological excavations, having been reused in the foundations of the east end of the monastery.

Jarrow
Jarrow submitted by Anne T : A close up of AS Corpus Jarrow 19, an incomplete architectural sculpture dating from the early 8th century. Can be found in a display case with 3 other pieces, just north of the 7th century foundations of the original north wall of the original Saxon church which are exposed in the main aisle.

Jarrow
Jarrow submitted by durhamnature : Image of fragments of another cross, from "Catalogue of Sculptured Stones in the Library of Durham Cathedral" via archive.org

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Re: Jarrow by Anonymous on Friday, 02 March 2018
Have you any idea where the Tannery was for the calf skin?
Is there any evidence of a Celtic cross at Jarrow?
Did the monastery own all the land between the two sites?
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Re: Jarrow by Anne T on Monday, 12 June 2017
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Just to note that the images need sorting into two different pages:
(1) for Bede's World (Jarrow) and
(2) for St. Paul's Church, Jarrow (some 200 metres from Bede's world and different displays)
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    Re: Jarrow by Andy B on Monday, 12 June 2017
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    I think the solution here might be to rename the Bede's World (Jarrow) photos and page just to Bede's World - as there's only one Bede's World
    Jarrow could go in as the 'Nearest Village' ?

    This page and photos could just be Bede's Monastery ?
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Re: Jarrow by slamin on Wednesday, 16 April 2014
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http://www.stained-glass-studio.co.uk/images/glass/IMG_0945.JPG Bede tells us that in AD 674 Benedict Biscop imported French craftsmen to produce glass windows for St. Peter's monastery at Monkwearmouth and St. Pauls at Jarrow. The local monks learnt their glassmaking skills from these craftsmen and were able to carry on the glass-making tradition at the monastery.
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