Jarrow
History
Romans had set up a fort near Jarrow in the 1st century. Later in the 5th century, Anglo-Saxons occupied the location. It is not well known when Jarrow was first built. The name of "Jarrow" has been used from 750. The monastery of St Paul is the sister monastery of Monkwearmouth in Sunderland.
Today
Jarrow is part of the Metropolitan Borough of South Tyneside.
Jarrow Media
- St Pauls Monastery Jarrow.jpg
The ruins of Saint Paul's Monastery
- Council Offices, Grange Road, Jarrow (geograph 1967957).jpg
Jarrow Town Hall, completed in 1904
- HMS Queen Mary LOC 10459.jpg
The launch of the battlecruiser HMS Queen Mary from Palmer's shipyard in 1912
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