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Monkwearmouth–Jarrow Abbey

The Abbey Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, Monkwearmouth–Jarrow, known simply as Monkwearmouth–Jarrow Abbey, was a Benedictine double monastery in the Kingdom of Northumbria, England. Its first house was St Peter's, Monkwearmouth, on the... Wikipedia
Completion date: 685
Designated date: 1949 (Jarrow); 1950 (Monkwearmouth)
Heritage designation: two scheduled monuments, three Grade I listed buildings
Important associated figures: Ceolfrith, Bede