Monkwearmouth-Jarrow County Durham antique print 1785
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Monkwearmouth Jarrow County Durham. Antique print of the twin-foundation English monastery, located on the River Wear, at Monkwearmouth, and the River Tyne, at Jarrow, respectively, in the Kingdom of Northumbria (now in the metropolitan county of Tyne and Wear). Its formal name is The Abbey Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, Monkwearmouth–Jarrow. Jarrow became the centre of Anglo-Saxon learning in the north of England, producing the greatest Anglo-Saxon scholar, Bede.
Original copper-plate engraved print from ‘The Antiquities of England and Wales’ by Francis Grose, dated in the plate 28th. November1785. Paper size approx. 11 x 7.5 inches. Excellent condition. A rare item.