Jarrow

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Jarrow
Jarrow Town Hall (with the statue of shipbuilder Charles Palmer).
Jarrow Town Hall (with the statue of shipbuilder Charles Palmer).
Coordinates 54 ° 59 ′  N , 1 ° 29 ′  W Coordinates: 54 ° 59 ′  N , 1 ° 29 ′  W
OS National Grid NZ332651
Jarrow (England)
Jarrow
Jarrow
Residents 23,405
administration
Post town JARROW
ZIP code section NE32
prefix 0191
Part of the country England
region North East England
Metropolitan county Tyne and Wear
Metropolitan Borough South Tyneside
British Parliament Jarrow

Jarrow is a town in north east England on the River Tyne . In 2011, 23,405 residents lived here. In Jarrow there was a monastery from the 7th to the 15th century, in which Beda Venerabilis lived, among others . From the 19th to the early 20th centuries, the city was a shipbuilding site .

In 2010, the British Government requested the inclusion of the monastery in the World Heritage List of UNESCO , but to no avail.

history

A Roman fort has existed in the area of ​​today's city since the 1st century. In the 5th century a fishing village was built in its remains . In 682 a monastery was established at Jarrow , one of the earliest centers of monastic culture and education in England. It was invaded by Vikings in 794 and destroyed by the Danes in 860 . Around 1070 a revival of monastic life began. It was dissolved in 1545.

Jarrow developed into a shipbuilding location in the 19th century. In 1861 the Palmer shipyard was founded. It had to close again in 1935. In 1936 several hundred former shipyard workers and trade unionists took part in the march from Jarrow to London to protest the closure of the shipyard. From 1940 to 1980 ships were built again in Jarrow.

Many jobs have been created in the service sector in the past few decades.

Personalities

  • Beda Venerabilis (672 / 673-735), monk
  • Steve Cram (* 1960), middle distance runner, world champion
  • John Miles (* 1949), guitarist, keyboardist
  • Charles Mark Palmer, entrepreneur, mayor
  • Alan Plater (1935-2010), playwright
  • Ellen Wilkinson (1891–1947), politician, Second Secretary of State for Great Britain 1945–1947

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