JARROW
, a See also:port and municipal See also:- BOROUGH (A.S. nominative burh, dative byrig, which produces some of the place-names ending in bury, a sheltered or fortified place, the camp of refuge of a tribe, the stronghold of a chieftain; cf. Ger. Burg, Fr. bor, bore, bourg)
- BOROUGH [BURROUGH, BURROWE, BORROWS], STEVEN (1525–1584)
borough in the Jarrow See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Durham, See also:England, on the right See also:bank of the See also:Tyne, 62 m. below See also:Newcastle, and on a See also:branch of the See also:North-Eastern railway
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Pop
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(1901), 34,295
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The See also:parish See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church of St See also:Paul was founded in 685, and retains portions of pre-See also:Norman See also:work
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The central See also:tower is Norman, and there are See also:good Decorated and Perpendicular details in the See also:body of the church
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See also:Close by are the scattered ruins of the monastery begun by the pious Biscop in 681, and consecrated with the church by Ceolfrid in 685
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Within the walls of this monastery the See also:- VENERABLE (Lat. venerabilis, worthy of reverence, venerari, to reverence, to worship, allied to Venus, love; the Indo-Germ. root is wen-, to desire, whence Eng. " win, properly to struggle for, hence to gain)
Venerable See also:Bede spent his See also:life from childhood; and his body was at first buried within the church, whither, until it was removed under See also:Edward the See also:Confessor to Durham, it attracted many pilgrims
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The See also:town is wholly See also:industrial, devoted to See also:ship-See also:building, chemical See also:works, See also:paper See also:mills and the neighbouring collieries
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It owes its development from a See also:mere See also:- PIT (O. E. pytt, cognate with Du. put, Ger. Pfutze, &c., all ultimately adaptations of Lat. puteus, well, formed from root pu-, to cleanse, whence gurus, clean, pure)
pit See also:village very largely to the enterprise of See also:Sir See also:Charles See also:Mark See also:Palmer (q.v.)
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Jarrow Slake, a See also:river See also:bay, 1 m. See also:long by z m. broad, contains the Tyne docks of the North-Eastern railway See also:company
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A See also:great quantity of See also:coal is shipped
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Jarrow was incorporated in 1875, and the See also:corporation consists of a See also:mayor, 6 aldermen and 18 councillors
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See also:Area, 783 acres
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