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	St Paul's Church and Monastery Church Bank NE32 3DZ Jarrow United Kingdom
Denomination:	Anglican
Congregation:	Jarrow (Diocese of Durham, Archdeaconry of Sunderland, Jarrow)
Geogr. Coordinates:	54.98056° N, 1.47212° W
Reference year:	685
Building type:	Single-nave church
Description:	Predominantly Victorian single-nave church with Anglo-Saxon chancel (windows and cornerstones dating from the 7th cent.); here the Venerable Bede lived and teached in the 7th cent. (including composition of his “Ecclesiastical History of the English People“)
Name derivation:	From St Paul, the apostle

Noteworthy

History:

681:	Founded as a part of the twin monastery Wearmouth-Jarrow
685:	Consecration
9th cent.:	Construction of the tower in several phases (9th – 12th cent.)
1074:	Restoration after several Viking attacks
About 1860:	New nave (architect Sir George Gilbert Scott)

Important persons:

Architect:	Scott, George Gilbert (1811–1878, English architect of the Gothic Revival)
Cleric:	Bede the Venerable (672/73–735, Anglo-Saxon Benedictine monk, theologian and historian)
Patron:	Paul (7/10–60/68, Apostle)

Sources

The Jarrow Team Ministry: St Paul's, http://jarrowparish.info/our-churches-and-congregations/st-pauls.php, retrieved 08/11/2017

The Parish of Jarrow: Informationstafeln an der Kirche