A.D.1782 There was found in Jarrow Church a relic consisting of two stones with an inscription worked on them. The inscription is thus read by Brand "The dedication of the church of St. Paul on the 9th of the Kalends of May in the 15th year of King Egfrid and the 4th of Ceolfrid Abbot and under God the founder of the said church. This interesting monument has been preserved and is now in the arch of the tower between the chancel and the nave. One of the bells of the church is remarkable. It is marked with two fleur de Lys and inscribed in large characters "Sanete Paule ard Pro Nobis". Brand supposes

The bell to have been placed in the monastery at its first foundation, "to have survived all change of times and to have escaped all transmutation of metals" There is also a claim that Jarrow has the honour of having been a Roman Station, fort and village. This was ascertained from two Roman inscriptions found during the rebuilding of the church. But the proof of Jarrow having been a Roman fort does not rest entirely upon the ancient monuments, for when the road was altered north of Jarrow row two square pavements of Roman brick were discovered and the whole site of the church and monastery abounds in foundations of Roman masonry. The Roman fort is supposed to have been made by the Roman General Agricola who erected a chain of forts from the mouth of the Tyne to Solway Firth in the year A.D.81. The Emperor Hadrian visited Britain in person and caused an earthen rampart to be made for the purpose of joining Agricolas forts together from Wallsend to Carlisle in the year A.D.121 as from one of the monuments found it. Was possibly a votive tribute to all the adopted sons of Hadrian. After having ruled and occupied Britain for upwards of 400 years the Romans finally took their departure from Britain about the year A.D.446.