. Westmoreland, Cumberland, Durham, and Northumberland, illustrated : from original drawings by Thomas Allom, George Pickering, & c. ; with descriptions by T. Rose . : . .5-; ^»*iif rm. %mr# CUMBERLAND, DURHAM, AND NORTHUMBERLAND. 189 JARROW ON THE TYNE,—DURHAM. The village of Jarrow, giving name to a populous and extensive parish, is pleasantlysituated on the south side of the Tyne, at the point where the river expands, and forms theSlake of Jarrow, and is distant six miles east from Newcastle. This place was anciently-called Gi/rvy, the Saxon name for a marsh or fen; and the inhabitants were
. Westmoreland, Cumberland, Durham, and Northumberland, illustrated : from original drawings by Thomas Allom, George Pickering, & c. ; with descriptions by T. Rose . : . .5-; ^»*iif rm. %mr# CUMBERLAND, DURHAM, AND NORTHUMBERLAND. 189 JARROW ON THE TYNE,—DURHAM. The village of Jarrow, giving name to a populous and extensive parish, is pleasantlysituated on the south side of the Tyne, at the point where the river expands, and forms theSlake of Jarrow, and is distant six miles east from Newcastle. This place was anciently-called Gi/rvy, the Saxon name for a marsh or fen; and the inhabitants were known by theappellation of Gyrvii, or Fen-men. For some time prior to the evacuation of Britain by the Romans, Jarrow had been aplace of considerable importance, and so continued for several centuries afterwards, till thedissolution of its celebrated monastery, when it gradually fell into decay. Hutchinsonsays, little more remained of this once famous town, when we visited it in 1/82, thantwo or three mean cottages, the distracted ruins of the old monastery; the church, avenerable pile, then patched up so as to retain few traces of its original figure, and thecapacious haven,
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