- Wikidata identifier:
- Q4879029
- Also known as:
- Bede's World
- Instance of:
- museum
- Museum/collection status:
- Accredited museum
- Accreditation number:
- 2423
- Persistent shareable link for this record:
- https://museumdata.uk/museums/q4879029/
Collection-level records:
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Collection history (Collection development policy)
This material is owned by and is on loan from the Rector and Parochial Church Council of the Parish of Jarrow, by the following arrangement:
“That in accordance with Faculty 5562 issued by the Durham Diocesan Registrar dated May, 1975, the finds from the excavation of the site of St Paul’s Church are loaned to the Board of Trust of the St Paul’s Jarrow Development Trust. The loan or disposal of any find by that body being subject to the permission of the PCC of the Parish of Jarrow and subject to the granting of a Faculty.”
Items from the Social History collection have been donated by descendants of the original occupants, as well as local people who lived in Jarrow. The material was owned by Bede’s World, formerly Jarrow 700 AD Ltd, and is now owned by Groundwork South and North Tyneside (see 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 3.7).
On 1st January 1993 the assets of the St Paul’s Jarrow Development Trust were transferred to Jarrow 700 AD Ltd. In 2004 Jarrow 700 AD Ltd changed its name to Bede’s World. The Faculty was renewed in 1996, 2001, 2006 and 2011, and was due for renewal in 2016.
On 12th February 2016, Bede’s World announced that their Trustee Board took the decision to cease operation from due to a lack of funds, and that steps were being taken to put the company into administration through the appointment of an Insolvency Practitioner.
Following an approach from South Tyneside Council, Groundwork South and North Tyneside (then Groundwork South Tyneside and Newcastle) took over the operation of the site, with formal handover taking place on 4th October 2016.
Groundwork South and North Tyneside were assigned the leases from Bede’s World which were renewed by South Tyneside Council in 2012. Groundwork South and North Tyneside have permission to occupy the site for 30 years from this date. Groundwork South & North Tyneside are now agreeing a new loan agreement with the Parish Church Council.
Source: Collection development policy
Date: 2019
Licence: CC BY-NC
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Collection overview (Collection development policy)
The archaeology collection consists of material excavated from the Anglo-Saxon and medieval monastic site of St Paul’s, Jarrow. This includes a wide range of artefacts, from the Monastery, and Jarrow Slake covering the Early Medieval, to Post Medieval period, with some modern material, including:
- Anglo-Saxon: Coloured window glass; ceramics; stone sculpture and food preparation vessels; coins; decorative and functional copper alloy; lead and iron objects; worked bone objects; painted wall plaster; animal bone; fish bone and shellfish.
- Medieval: Ceramics (including bricks); stone sculpture; decorative and functional copper alloy; lead and iron objects; worked bone objects; stained glass; coins.
- Post-medieval and Modern: Ceramics (including bricks); clay pipes and wig curlers; coins; and finds from the Victorian school house.
The social history collection relates to the occupants of Jarrow Hall, an eighteenth century house adjoining the museum in which the original excavated items were displayed. The collection includes the personal possessions of various individuals related to the house, ranging from furniture, spectacles, paintings, books and photographs, toys, art supplies and sketches, to prayer and poetry books and a wedding dress. Within this collection we also hold some material relating to the local area of Jarrow.
Source: Collection development policy
Date: 2019
Licence: CC BY-NC