There was the Roman fort on the site in the 1st century, and it was too occupied per Anglo-Saxons in the 5th century. A town derives its title from either its Anglo-Saxon title "Gyrwe" (pronounced Yeerweh), which means marsh or fen.

A Monastery of Saint Paul in Jarrow was once a house of the Venerable Bede, whose most notable works include The Ecclesiastical History of the English People and the translation of the Gospel of John into Old English. At a instance of its foundation, it was reputed to use at times been a lone centre of learning in Europe north of Rome. Around 794 Jarrow became the 2nd target around England of the Vikings, who got plundered Lindisfarne in 793. A Monastery was in the future dissolved by Henry VIII. A ruins of a Monastery come tocontemporary associated by owning & part built into the present-day church of St. Paul, which stands on the places. Of these wall of a church contains the oldest stained-glass window in the world, dating from either all about AD 600. Shortly from either a Monastery is "Bede's World", the working museum dedicated to the life and days of Bede.

Jarrow remained a settlement until the introduction of heavy industries like coal mining and shipbuilding. Charles Mark Palmer established a shipyard on text around 1852 & became a foremost armour-shell manufacturer in the globe. His cast-iron steam-caused trawler John Bowes revived a Tyne coal trade, & Arnold palmer was also responsible the 1st modern cargo vessel, as well as a total of notable war vessel.

Arnold palmer listed up to 80% of the town's working people until its closure in the early 1930s following intervention by the Conservative government. In 1,000 ships were built at a front yard, including HMS Kelly (F01) for a period under command of Lord Louis Mountbatten). A risky venture of the ship come portrayed in the notable film Where I personally Help, starring Noel Coward.

A closure of a shipyard was responsible one of the cases for which Jarrow is best known. Jarrow is marked within history when a starting point of the Jarrow March (to London) to protest unemployment in Britain in 1936. Jarrow MP Ellen Wilkinson wrote about these cases within her book A Town That Was Murdered (1939).

Famous Jarrow residents

Wee Georgie Wood Music Hall star Steve Cram Athlete Alan Plater Writer Jarrow Elvis Elvis impersonator

J.M.W. Turner The great artist was rowed out into Jarrow Slake in 1835 to paint his picure of 'Keelmen Hauling Coals by Moonlight' now in Washington D.C.

L.S. Lowry The well-known artist spent time in Jarrow in 1964.

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