The following is a list of the monastic houses in Tyne and Wear, England.
| width = 15% | Foundation | width = 5% | Image | width = 30% | Communities & Provenance | width = 20% | Formal Name or Dedication & Alternative Names | OnLine References & Location |
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| Jarrow Priory + | Benedictine monks founded 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 | [1] 54.9802°N -1.4722°W 54.9803°N -1.472°W | |||||
| Jarrow Friary? | Dominican Friars possible ref. to Yarm Friary, North Yorks | possibly Yarm Friary (Jarue Friary) | [2] | |||||
| Newcastle-upon-Tyne Austin Friars | Augustinian 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 | 54.9709°N -1.6079°W | ||||||
| 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 | 54.9719°N -1.6196°W | ||||||
| Newcastle-upon-Tyne Friars of the Sack | Friars of the Sack founded 1267; dissolved 1307 on the suppression of the order; house granted to the Carmelite Friars (see below) | 54.9684°N -1.6127°W | ||||||
| Newcastle-upon-Tyne Greyfriars # | Franciscan Friars Minor, Conventual (under the Custody of Newcastle) founded before 1237; dissolved 1539; Observant Franciscan Friars transferred 1498; dissolved 1534; Franciscan Friars Minor, Conventual 1534; dissolved | 54.9731°N -1.6127°W | ||||||
| Newcastle-upon-Tyne Monastery (?) | purported early monastery — evidence lacking | 'Castrum vel civitas monachorum' ("Monkchester") | ||||||
| Newcastle-upon-Tyne Priory | Benedictine monks — from Evesham, Worcestershire founded c.1073; transferred to Jarrow 1074 | |||||||
| Newcastle-upon-Tyne — St Bartholomew's Priory | Benedictine nuns founded before 1086; possibly dissolved (re)founded shortly before 1135(?); dissolved 3 January 1540 | St Bartholomew | ||||||
| Newcastle-upon-Tyne Trinitarians | Trinitarians founded 1360 by William Wakefield on the former site of Carmelite Friars (see immediately below); dissolved 1539; granted to Richard Gresham and Richard Billingford 1545/6 | St Michael; Holy Trinity ____________________ Acton's Hospital | 54.971°N -1.6036°W | |||||
| Newcastle-upon-Tyne Whitefriars, earlier site | Carmelite Friars founded 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) | 54.971°N -1.6036°W | ||||||
| Newcastle-upon-Tyne Whitefriars | formerly 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 | 54.9684°N -1.6127°W | ||||||
| Tynemouth Priory | Saxon monastery apparently both monks and nuns purportedly 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 monks dependent 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 Mary St Mary and St Oswin | 55.0177°N -1.4179°W | |||||
| Wearmouth Abbey, Monkwearmouth | Benedictine? monks founded 674, built by St Benedict Biscopius; destroyed in raids by the Danes c.867; destroyed by Malcolm III, King of Scotland 1070; Benedictine monks refounded 1074(1075); priory cell 1083; dissolved 1536; granted to Thomas Whitehead 1545/6 | The Abbey Church of Saint Peter, Wearmouth ____________________ Monkswearmouth Abbey; Monkwearmouth Abbey; Wermouth Cell | 54.9131°N -1.3749°W |