NZ3365 : Reconstructed Anglo-Saxon buildings, Bede's World
taken 15 years ago, near to Tyne Tunnel, South Tyneside, England

From the left: a monastic workshop (Hartlepool), Thirling's Hall (Yeavering), and a grubenhaus built around a deep pit (New Bewick).
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![]()