Monkwearmouth–Jarrow Abbey was founded by Benedict Biscop, with land given by King Ecgfrith of Northumbria. St. Peter's at Monkwearmouth dates to 674, or 674 to 675 in the text, and St. Paul's at Jarrow was dedicated on April 23, 685. The article names no architect and says masons and glassmakers were brought from Francia. The infobox lists Anglo-Saxon, Gothic and Gothic Revival styles.
Both buildings were stone, with glass windows, and the Jarrow chancel window uses fragments from about 600. An Anglo-Saxon chancel survives at Jarrow, while a Victorian nave replaced the Saxon-Norman nave. The Monkwearmouth tower was built in phases between the 7th and 10th centuries. The two houses stand 7 miles (11 km) apart.
Vikings raided in 794, and the site was abandoned in the late 9th century. Durham refounded it as cells in the early 14th century, and the abbey was dissolved in 1536. Both churches are now parish churches.
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