Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Monkton

Monkton, SW. suburb of Jarrow, Durham; P.O.; Monkton is one of the places which claim to be the birthplace of the Venerable Bede, and has a spring called Bede's Well. See HEDWORTH, MONKTON, AND JAHROW.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "SW. suburb"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: County Durham AncC
Place: Monkton

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