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St Paul's church Jarrow

Posted by peter cook on 2/9/2026, 7:00 am

An old undated postcard photo.

Re: St Paul's church Jarrow

Posted by Stan Wears on 2/9/2026, 8:53 am, in reply to "St Paul's church Jarrow"

Brilliant photo Peter. Any idea of the date please ?
The monastery wall has now long lessened all over but when Jimmy Guy and I did the research a few years ago, we found the stones were nowhere to be found on site. I toured all over Jarrow to locate them which was easy because they have certain stone masons marks. I found them being used in the cemetery boundary wall as well as the curved wall at Tyne Dock. Put to good use by the council I suppose....

Re: St Paul's church Jarrow

Posted by peter cook on 2/9/2026, 10:34 am, in reply to "Re: St Paul's church Jarrow"

At a guess circa 1910-15 time.

Re: St Paul's church Jarrow

Posted by Mac Hardy on 2/9/2026, 10:42 am, in reply to "Re: St Paul's church Jarrow"

Stan, How is Jimmy, an old friend of mine who I have lost touch with, if you see him please give him my best regards !

Re: St Paul's church Jarrow

Posted by Stan Wears on 2/9/2026, 11:19 am, in reply to "Re: St Paul's church Jarrow"

I certainly will Mac. He is looking after Meg and has had to stop the ATC, St. Pauls etc. Apart from that, he is the old Jimmy and I have learnt so much from him on church construction. I will ask Norman to pass on his phone number and address.

Re: St Paul's church Jarrow

Posted by Mac Hardy on 3/9/2026, 9:30 am, in reply to "Re: St Paul's church Jarrow"

Thanks Stan, got info from Norman and spoke with Jimmy, unfortunately Margaret is not well. Thanks to both you and Norman for helping to put me in touch with an old friend.

Re: St Paul's church Jarrow

Posted by Stan Wears on 3/9/2026, 7:24 pm, in reply to "Re: St Paul's church Jarrow"

My pleasure Mac!

Re: St Paul's church Jarrow

Posted by Elizabeth Baker (Tindle) on 5/9/2026, 9:32 am, in reply to "Re: St Paul's church Jarrow"

My mother was baptised at St Paul's.

Re: St Paul's church Jarrow

Posted by Elizabeth Baker (Tindle) on 5/9/2026, 9:36 am, in reply to "Re: St Paul's church Jarrow"

Wasn't the monastery attached to St Paul's where the Venerable Bede did all his writing. I think he was sent there at age 7 for an education.

Re: St Paul's church Jarrow

Posted by Stan Wears on 5/9/2026, 12:11 pm, in reply to "Re: St Paul's church Jarrow"

It was originally attached but owing to further building became detached.

Re: St Paul's church Jarrow

Posted by Stan Wears on 5/9/2026, 12:16 pm, in reply to "Re: St Paul's church Jarrow"

As a matter of interest, the holes you can see in the walls were there to support wooden beams. There were never any architectural plans to confirm anything and all we could do was to calculate levels using old doorways and beam holes.

Re: St Paul's church Jarrow

Posted by Ian Turnbull on 6/9/2026, 9:28 am, in reply to "Re: St Paul's church Jarrow"

One of my drone photos from a couple of Years ago.

Re: St Paul's church Jarrow

Posted by Stan Wears on 6/9/2026, 10:40 am, in reply to "Re: St Paul's church Jarrow"

Cheers Ian. Aint seen that one before and could have done with it 10 yrs ago!

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