Museum 'cloister', Bede's World © Andrew Curtis cc-by-sa/2.0

NZ3365 : Museum 'cloister', Bede's World

Museum 'cloister', Bede's World

Bede's World is a museum in Jarrow dedicated to the life and times of the Venerable Bede (673-735AD) Link

He was a monk, author and scholar who lived at the Abbey Church of St Peter and St Paul, Wearmouth-Jarrow, a double monastery at Jarrow and Monkwearmouth (today part of Sunderland).
Ancient churches still exist on both sites NZ3365 : Tower, St Paul's Church, Jarrow and NZ4057 : St Peter's Church, Wearmouth but remains of the monastery only at Jarrow NZ3365 : Monastery site & St Paul's Church, Jarrow
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The official web site of the museum is here Link

The joint monastery site is (for 2011) the UK's nomination for UNESCO World Heritage Site status Link

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Grid Square: NZ3365, 220 images (more nearby )
Photographer: Andrew Curtis (find more nearby)
Date Taken: Friday, 16 July, 2010 (more nearby)
Submitted: Sunday, 18 July, 2010
Category: Museum > Museum (more nearby)
Subject Location: OSGB36: NZ 3375 6541 [10m precision]
WGS84: 54:58.9293N 1:28.4506W
Camera Location: OSGB36: NZ 3374 6540
View Direction: Northeast (about 45 degrees)