List of monastic houses in Tyne and Wear

The following is a list of the monastic houses in Tyne and Wear, England.

FoundationImageCommunities & provenanceFormal name or dedication & alternative names !width = 10%|References & locationJarrow Priory +Benedictine monksfounded 681/2 by St Benedict Biscop and King Egfrid;raided by the Danes 794;destroyed in raids by the Danes c.867;destroyed by fire and abandoned 870;destroyed again? 973;destroyed by William the Conqueror 1069;Benedictine monks(community founded at Newcastle-upon-Tyne c.1073)restored/refounded 1074 (1072): transferred from Newcastle-upon-Tyne 1074;cell dependent on Durham, County Durham 1083;granted to Durham by Bishop William;dissolved 1536; granted to William, Lord Eure;remains partly demolished late-18th century;nave of St Paul's Church built on foundations of main Saxon monastery church;demolished 1782;part of church now in parochial use (EH)The Priory Church of Saint Paul, Jarrow____________________St Paul's Monastery;Jarrow Monastery;St Paul's Priory;Priory of St Paul;St Paul's Monastery |British History Online — Saxon Houses: including Wearmouth and Jarrow — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Durham: Volume 2 (pp. 79-85)Jarrow Friary?Dominican Friarspossible ref. to Yarm Friary, North Yorkspossibly Yarm Friary (Jarue Friary) |British History Online — Friaries: Friars Preachers (Hartlepool & Jarrow) — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Durham: Volume 2 (pp.110-111)Newcastle-upon-Tyne Austin FriarsAugustinian Friars (under the Limit of York)founded before 1291 by Lord Ross;dissolved 1539; granted to John, Duke of Northumberland 1551/2;utilised by the Council of the North;in use as a military storehouse until sold 1605 and dismantled;Holy Jesus Hospital, currently in use as a museum, lies within the site of the friary church|Newcastle-upon-Tyne Blackfriars ^Dominican Friars (under the Visitation of York)founded c.1239 (or 1260) by Sir Peter and Sir Nicholas Scott;dissolved 1538; granted to the Mayor and burgesses of Newcastle-upon-Tyne 1543/4;surviving cloister buildings later used as company halls and almshouses;restored 1978-81;currently in use as restaurant, workshops and tourist information centre|Newcastle-upon-Tyne Friars of the SackFriars of the Sackfounded 1267;dissolved 1307 on the suppression of the order;house granted to the Carmelite Friars (see below)|Newcastle-upon-Tyne Greyfriars #Franciscan Friars Minor, Conventual (under the Custody of Newcastle)founded before 1237;dissolved 1539;Observant Franciscan Friarstransferred 1498;dissolved 1534;Franciscan Friars Minor, Conventual1534;dissolved|Newcastle-upon-Tyne Monastery (?)purported early monastery — evidence lackingNewcastle-upon-Tyne, early monastery — T. Tanner, Notitia Monastica, p.391: "But of these old monks here I have yet met with no particular account" 'Castrum vel civitas monachorum' ("Monkchester") ibid. |Newcastle-upon-Tyne PrioryBenedictine monks — from Evesham, Worcestershirefounded c.1073;transferred to Jarrow 1074|Newcastle-upon-Tyne — St Bartholomew's PrioryBenedictine nunsfounded before 1086;possibly dissolved(re)founded shortly before 1135(?);dissolved 3 January 1540St Bartholomew |Newcastle-upon-Tyne TrinitariansTrinitariansfounded 1360 by William Wakefield on the former site of Carmelite Friars (see immediately below);dissolved 1539; granted to Richard Gresham and Richard Billingford 1545/6St Michael;Holy Trinity____________________Acton's Hospital |Newcastle-upon-Tyne Whitefriars, earlier siteCarmelite Friarsfounded before 1262 by Richard I;transferred to the former site of the Friars of the Sack (see immediately below) 1307, when the site was divided by the new town wall;hospital of St Michael founded on the site 1360 (see immediately above)|Newcastle-upon-Tyne Whitefriarsformerly the house of Friars of the Sack;Carmelite Friars (see above)(community founded at earlier site (see immediately above) 1262);transferred here 1307;granted to Richard Gresham and Richard Billingford 1545/6;remains demolished 1960s|Tynemouth PriorySaxon monasteryapparently both monks and nunspurportedly founded after 653 (after 627 / after 634) by King Oswald;nuns settled here from various locations during Danish raids;completely destroyed 865-75;apparently restored 10th century;monks transferred to Durham, Durham 1083;Benedictine monksdependent on St Albans, Hertfordshire;repaired and refounded c.1083 (1085) by Robert de Mowbray, Earl of Northumberland, by consent of the King and the Archbishop of Canterbury (EH)St MarySt Mary and St Oswin ||Wearmouth Abbey, MonkwearmouthBenedictine? monksfounded 674, built by St Benedict Biscopius;destroyed in raids by the Danes c.867;destroyed by Malcolm III, King of Scotland 1070;Benedictine monksrefounded 1074(1075);priory cell 1083;dissolved 1536; granted to Thomas Whitehead 1545/6The Abbey Church of Saint Peter, Wearmouth____________________Monkswearmouth Abbey;Monkwearmouth Abbey;Wermouth Cell |

See also List of monastic houses in England

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