Burning Questions - Birthplace of a venerable institution

The Northern Echo | March 10, 2003| | Copyright

Q WAS the Venerable Bede born at Jarrow or Sunderland and was Sunderland part of Jarrow? Also, what is the oldest part of Sunderland? - Bill Hutchinson, Chester-le-Street

A IN 674 AD, the year of Bede's birth, a well-travelled Northumbrian noble called Benedict Biscop established a monastery dedicated to St Peter at Monkwearmouth, today part of Sunderland. The land had been granted by Ecgfrith, the King of Northumbria. Later in 681 AD, Biscop founded a second monastery at Jarrow dedicated to St Paul. The two monasteries were regarded as one monastery on two sites and thus land belonging to ...

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