List of monastic houses in Tyne and Wear

NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE (see below)

Jarrow Priory

Jarrow Priory

Tynemouth Priory

Wearmouth Abbey

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Locations of monastic houses in Tyne and Wear

Austin Friars

Blackfriars

Friars of the Sack

Greyfriars

Trinitarians

Whitefriars, earlier site

Whitefriars

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Locations of monastic houses in Newcastle-upon-Tyne

The following is a list of the monastic houses in Tyne and Wear, England.

Alien houses are included, as are smaller establishments such as cells and notable monastic granges (particularly those with resident monks), and also camerae of the military orders of monks (Knights Templar and Knights Hospitaller). Monastic hospitals are included where they had the status or function of an abbey, priory, or preceptor/commandery.

Abbreviations and key
Status of remains  Symbol  | Status

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None  | Ruins
*  | Current monastic function
+ | Current non-monastic ecclesiastic function (including remains incorporated into later structure)
^  | Current non-ecclesiastic function (including remains incorporated into later structure) or redundant intact structure
$ | Remains limited to earthworks etc.
# | No identifiable trace of the monastic foundation remains
~ | Exact site of monastic foundation unknown
≈ | Identification ambiguous or confused

Locations with names in italics indicate possible duplication (misidentification with another location) or non-existent foundations (either erroneous reference or proposed foundation never implemented) or ecclesiastical establishments with a monastic name but lacking actual monastic connection.

Trusteeship  EH  | English Heritage

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LT  | Landmark Trust
NT  | National Trust

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Jarrow Priory + |  | Benedictine monks
founded 681/2 by St Benedict Biscop and King Egfrid;
raided by the Danes 794;
destroyed in raids by the Danes c.867;
destroyed by fire and abandoned 870;
destroyed again? 973;
destroyed by William the Conqueror 1069;
Benedictine monks
(community founded at Newcastle-upon-Tyne c.1073)
restored/refounded 1074 (1072): transferred from Newcastle-upon-Tyne 1074;
cell dependent on Durham, County Durham 1083;
granted to Durham by Bishop William;
dissolved 1536; granted to William, Lord Eure;
remains partly demolished late-18th century;
nave of St Paul's Church built on foundations of main Saxon monastery church;
demolished 1782;
part of church now in parochial use; (EH)  | The Priory Church of Saint Paul, Jarrow
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St Paul's Monastery;
Jarrow Monastery;
St Paul's Priory;
Priory of St Paul;
St Paul's Monastery | [1][2]

54°58′49″N 1°28′20″W﻿ / ﻿54.9802181°N 1.4722055°W﻿ / 54.9802181; -1.4722055﻿ (Jarrow Priory)

54°58′49″N 1°28′19″W﻿ / ﻿54.9803228°N 1.4719963°W﻿ / 54.9803228; -1.4719963﻿ (Jarrow Priory)
Jarrow Friary?  |  | Dominican Friars
possible ref. to Yarm Friary, North Yorks | possibly Yarm Friary (Jarue Friary) | [3]
Newcastle-upon-Tyne Austin Friars |  | Augustinian Friars (under the Limit of York)
founded before 1291 by Lord Ross;
dissolved 1539; granted to John, Duke of Northumberland 1551/2;
utilised by the Council of the North;
in use as a military storehouse until sold 1605 and dismantled;
Holy Jesus Hospital, currently in use as a museum, lies within the site of the friary church  |  | [4]

54°58′15″N 1°36′28″W﻿ / ﻿54.9709202°N 1.6078877°W﻿ / 54.9709202; -1.6078877﻿ (Newcastle-upon-Tyne Austin Friars)
Newcastle-upon-Tyne Blackfriars ^  |  | Dominican Friars (under the Visitation of York)
founded c.1239 (or 1260) by Sir Peter and Sir Nicholas Scott;
dissolved 1538; granted to the Mayor and burgesses of Newcastle-upon-Tyne 1543/4;
surviving cloister buildings later used as company halls and almshouses;
restored 1978-81;
currently in use as restaurant, workshops and tourist information centre  |  | [5]

54°58′19″N 1°37′10″W﻿ / ﻿54.9718624°N 1.6195607°W﻿ / 54.9718624; -1.6195607﻿ (Newcastle-upon-Tyne Blackfriars)
Newcastle-upon-Tyne Friars of the Sack  |  | Friars of the Sack
founded 1267;
dissolved 1307 on the suppression of the order;
house granted to the Carmelite Friars (see below) |  | [6][7]

54°58′06″N 1°36′46″W﻿ / ﻿54.9683929°N 1.6127264°W﻿ / 54.9683929; -1.6127264﻿ (Newcastle-upon-Tyne Friars of the Sack/Whitefriars)
Newcastle-upon-Tyne Greyfriars # |  | Franciscan Friars Minor, Conventual (under the Custody of Newcastle)
founded before 1237;
dissolved 1539;
Observant Franciscan Friars
transferred 1498;
dissolved 1534;
Franciscan Friars Minor, Conventual
1534;
dissolved  |  | [8]

54°58′23″N 1°36′46″W﻿ / ﻿54.9730724°N 1.6126889°W﻿ / 54.9730724; -1.6126889﻿ (Newcastle-upon-Tyne Greyfriars)
Newcastle-upon-Tyne Monastery (?)  |  | purported early monastery — evidence lacking[note 1] |  'Castrum vel civitas monachorum' ("Monkchester") [note 2] |
Newcastle-upon-Tyne Priory  |  | Benedictine monks — from Evesham, Worcestershire
founded c.1073;
transferred to Jarrow 1074  |  |
Newcastle-upon-Tyne — St Bartholomew's Priory  |  | Benedictine nuns
founded before 1086;
possibly dissolved
(re)founded shortly before 1135(?);
dissolved 3 January 1540  | St Bartholomew  |
Newcastle-upon-Tyne Trinitarians  |  | Trinitarians
founded 1360 by William Wakefield on the former site of Carmelite Friars (see immediately below);
dissolved 1539; granted to Richard Gresham and Richard Billingford 1545/6  | St Michael;

Holy Trinity
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Acton's Hospital | [7]

54°58′15″N 1°36′13″W﻿ / ﻿54.970971°N 1.6036364°W﻿ / 54.970971; -1.6036364﻿ (Newcastle-upon-Tyne Whitefriars, earlier site/Trinitarians)
Newcastle-upon-Tyne Whitefriars, earlier site  | Carmelite Friars
founded before 1262 by Richard I;
transferred to the former site of the Friars of the Sack (see immediately below) 1307, when the site was divided by the new town wall;
hospital of St Michael founded on the site 1360 (see immediately above) |  | [6]

54°58′15″N 1°36′13″W﻿ / ﻿54.970971°N 1.6036364°W﻿ / 54.970971; -1.6036364﻿ (Newcastle-upon-Tyne Whitefriars, earlier site/Trinitarians)
Newcastle-upon-Tyne Whitefriars |  | formerly the house of Friars of the Sack;
Carmelite Friars (see above)
(community founded at earlier site (see immediately above) 1262);
transferred here 1307;
granted to Richard Gresham and Richard Billingford 1545/6;
remains demolished 1960s  |  | [7]

54°58′06″N 1°36′46″W﻿ / ﻿54.9683929°N 1.6127264°W﻿ / 54.9683929; -1.6127264﻿ (Newcastle-upon-Tyne Friars of the Sack/Whitefriars)
Tynemouth Priory |  | Saxon monastery
apparently both monks and nuns
purportedly founded after 653 (after 627 / after 634) by King Oswald;
nuns settled here from various locations during Danish raids;
completely destroyed 865-75;
apparently restored 10th century;
monks transferred to Durham, Durham 1083;
Benedictine monks
dependent on St Albans, Hertfordshire;
repaired and refounded c.1083 (1085) by Robert de Mowbray, Earl of Northumberland, by consent of the King and the Archbishop of Canterbury; (EH)  | St Mary

St Mary and St Oswin  | [10]

55°01′04″N 1°25′04″W﻿ / ﻿55.0177388°N 1.4178586°W﻿ / 55.0177388; -1.4178586﻿ (Tynemouth Priory)
Wearmouth Abbey,
Monkwearmouth  |  | Benedictine? monks
founded 674, built by St Benedict Biscopius;
destroyed in raids by the Danes c.867;
destroyed by Malcolm III, King of Scotland 1070;
Benedictine monks
refounded 1074(1075);
priory cell 1083;
dissolved 1536; granted to Thomas Whitehead 1545/6  | The Abbey Church of Saint Peter, Wearmouth
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Monkswearmouth Abbey;
Monkwearmouth Abbey;
Wermouth Cell | [2]

54°54′47″N 1°22′30″W﻿ / ﻿54.9131172°N 1.3748896°W﻿ / 54.9131172; -1.3748896﻿ (Wearmouth Abbey)

## See also[edit]

* List of monastic houses in England

## Notes[edit]

1. ^ Newcastle-upon-Tyne, early monastery — T. Tanner, Notitia Monastica, p.391: "But of these old monks here I have yet met with no particular account"
2. ^ ibid.

## References[edit]

1. ^ Historic England. "JARROW PRIORY (26515)". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 9 October 2015.
2. ^ a b British History Online — Saxon Houses: including Wearmouth and Jarrow — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Durham: Volume 2 (pp. 79-85)
3. ^ British History Online — Friaries: Friars Preachers (Hartlepool & Jarrow) — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Durham: Volume 2 (pp.110-111)
4. ^ Historic England. "Monument No. 24984". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 9 October 2015.
5. ^ Historic England. "NEWCASTLE BLACKFRIARS (1007137)". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 9 October 2015.
6. ^ a b Historic England. "ST MICHAELS HOSPITAL (1318776)". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 9 October 2015.
7. ^ a b c Historic England. "NEWCASTLE WHITEFRIARS (1007100)". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 9 October 2015.
8. ^ Historic England. "NEWCASTLE GREYFRIARS (1007154)". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 9 October 2015.
9. ^ Historic England. "TYNEMOUTH PRIORY (1162259)". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 9 October 2015.
10. ^ Historic England. "Monument No. 1162261". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 9 October 2015.

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