St Paul's Jarrow Tyne and Wear

The original monastic chapel was built in AD681 -685 and the chancel of today's church survives from that date, together with the oldest dated (AS685) dedication stone of any church in England.
The church and its associated monastery were one half of the twin monastery of Wearmouth-Jarrow, which was founded by Benedict Biscop and was home to St Bede, the Venerable. Biscop was famous for his travels to Rome, and for importing European craftsmen, and with them the art of stained glass. St Paul's contains a window made up of fragments of C7th glass uncovered by an archaeological dig in the 1970's. The Evetts window is from 1950-51. This post-WW2 glass replaced the previous glass destroyed by a German bomb which exploded at the rear of the church in 1941. The figures shown from left to right are :- Saint Paul, the Ascending Christ and Saint Bede. The church is generally open