In 1887, John Bartholomew's Gazetteer of the British Isles described Jarrow like this:
Jarrow, mun. bor., river port, and par., Durham - par. (containing the bor. of South Shields) 10,305 ac., 840 tidal water, and 345 foreshore, pop. 115,216; bor., on r. Tyne, 3 miles SW. of South Shields by rail, 850 ac., pop. 25,469; 2 Banks, 2 newspapers; is one of the most interesting localities in the N. ...
of England, chiefly through its having been the birthplace of the Venerable Bede (673-735), and the scene of his labours. It was a station of the Romans. A monastery, of which the ruins are still to be seen, was founded here in 680. The church of St Paul, an edifice of great antiquity, was restored in 1866. Jarrow is one of the Tyne ports, and has commodious docks, extensive shipbuilding yards, chemical works, paper mills, and a large foundry. It received its charter of incorporation in 1875.
Jarrow through time
Jarrow is now part of South Tyneside district. Click here for graphs and data of how South Tyneside has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Jarrow itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Jarrow, in South Tyneside and County Durham | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/237
Date accessed: 26th April 2024
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