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JARROW , a See also: port and municipal See also: borough in the Jarrow See also: parliamentary division of Durham, See also: England, on the right See also: bank of the See also: Tyne, 62 m. below See also: Newcastle, and on a 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 parish See also: church of St
See also: Paul was founded in 685, and retains portions of pre-Norman See also: work
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The central 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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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 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, paper mills and the neighbouring collieries
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It owes its development from a See also: mere pit See also: village very largely to the enterprise of See also: Sir See also: Charles Mark
See also: Palmer (q.v.)
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Jarrow Slake, a See also: river See also: bay, 1 m. 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 corporation consists of a mayor, 6 aldermen and 18 councillors
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See also: Area, 783 acres
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