Heritage
Type
Walker
Where
Heritage · listed-building
Good for
Check before you go
Cost
Plan your visit
Opening times
Open access — check locally for facilities
Location
Walker
Parent hack
Arrive at opening time in school holidays — you'll beat the queues and the car park.
St Paul's Church, Jarrow, is a Church of England parish church in the Parish of Jarrow and Simonside, on the south bank of the River Tyne in northern England. It was founded in 681 as a part of the Monkwearmouth–Jarrow Abbey. Most of the church is later, but the chancel is the remains of a free-standing chapel of the original monastery. Above the chancel arch is a dedication stone dating to 23 April 685, making this one of, if not the, oldest church dedication stones in England. The Church was dedicated to St Paul by King Ecgfrith and Abbot Ceolfrith. The priest and scholar Bede spent most of…
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