WHILE Caedmon was still singing at Whitby, in another Northumbrian village named Jarrow a boy was born.
Once, when Bede was still a boy, a fearful plague swept the land, "killing and destroying a great multitude of men." In the monastery of Jarrow all who could read, or preach, or sing were killed by it.
*Extracts are from a letter of Cuthbert, afterwards Abbot of Wearmouth and Jarrow, to his friend Cuthwin.
For a medium-sized Tyneside town,
Jarrow has a rich, long history.
Dee Street OR a medium-sized Tyneside town,
Jarrow has a rich history.
The former
Jarrow Community Centre building in Cambrian Street has been transformed into the state-of-the-art
Jarrow Focus, featuring a redesigned gym, sports hall, dance studios, theatre space as well as a new library.
For 80 years,
Jarrow and Hebburn Athletics Club has been integral to the sporting life and times ofSouth Tyneside.
JARROW UNDER-13s V BILLINGHAM UNDER-13s BILLINGHAM Under-13s showed today that they were maturing into a well-organised team.
Tipton Town's FA Vase dream was shattered in heart-breaking - and controversial - fashion in a penalty shoot-out against
Jarrow Roofing.
With its first-class facilities and services brought together under one roof,
Jarrow Focus is a multipurpose building that will serve to enhance the health and wellbeing of local people.
ACOMMEMORATIVE blue plaque has been unveiled in memory of one of the leaders of the 1936
Jarrow Crusade.
The parade is set to be one of the festival highlights, alongside the Community and Charity Fayre, organised by Groundwork South Tyneside & Newcastle (STAN), which also operates
Jarrow Hall Anglo-Saxon Farm, Village and Bede Museum next to Drewetts Park.