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There was a Roman fort on the site in the 1st century, and it was also occupied by the Anglo-Saxons in the 5th century. The town derives its name from its Anglo-Saxon name "Gyrwe" (pronounced Yeerweh), which means marsh or fen.

The Monastery of St. Paul in Jarrow was once the home of the Venerable Bede, whose most notable works include The Ecclesiastical History of the English People and the translation of the Gospel of JohnThe Gospel of John is the fourth gospel in the usual sequence of the canon as printed in the New Testament, and most agree it was the fourth to be written. Like the other three gospels, it contains an account of the life of Jesus. The Gospel of John is th into Old EnglishOld English (also called Anglo-Saxon is an early form of the English language which was spoken in England around the year 1000. It is a West Germanic language, and is therefore similar to Frisian and Old Saxon. It is also quite similar to Old Norse (and,. At the time of its foundation, it was reputed to have been the only centre of learningWe are all learning throughout our lives, both explicit facts and the sort of experiential learning that comes from repetition. Education is the conscious attempt to promote learning in others. There are countless theories, sub-categories, in regard to le in EuropeFor the band of the same name, see Europe (band . Europe is a continent forming the westermost part of the Eurasian supercontinent. Europe is bounded to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the west by the Atlantic Ocean, to the south by the Mediterranean Se north of RomeRome ( Italian and Latin Roma is the capital city of Italy, and of its Lazio region. It is located on the lower Tiber river, near the Mediterranean Sea, at 41°50'N, 12°15'E. The Vatican City State, a sovereign enclave within Rome, is the seat of the Roman. In 794Events Kyoto becomes the Japanese capital. Begin of the Heian period. Council of Frankfurt oldest known mentioning of Frankfurt. Births Ivar the Boneless Deaths 794. Jarrow became the second target in England of the Vikings, who had plundered LindisfarneThis article is about Lindisfarne, England . For other uses, see Lindisfarne (disambiguation . Lindisfarne also called Holy Island (variant spelling, Lindesfarne), is a tidal island off the north-east coast of England, which is connected to the mainland o in 793. The Monastery was later dissolved by Henry VIII. The ruins of the Monastery are now associated with and in partly built into the present-day church of St. Paul which stands on the site. One wall of the church contains the oldest stained-glass window in the world, dating from about AD 600. Not far from the Monastery is "Bedes World", a working museum dedicated to the life and times of Bede.

Jarrow remained a small town for several centuries, growing rapidly in the last two or three centuries with the introduction of heavy industries like coal mining and shipbuilding.

Palmers Shipyard employed as much as 80% of the town's working population until its closure in the early 1930s. Around 1,000 ships were built at the yard before its closure. The closure of the shipyard was responsible for the event for which Jarrow is most famous. Jarrow is marked in history as the starting point of the Jarrow March (to London) to protest unemployment in Britain in 1936.