It is extremely doubtful if this priory ever really existed. There is only one known reference, in 1329, to the Friars Preachers of Jarrow (spelt thus), when Edward III pardoned them the sum of 12 marks. Though one source believes that such a friary was meant by "the Friars Preachers of Jarue" (c. 1283), Cornford points out that in all other instances Jarue meant Yarm. It must, however, be said that Knowles and Hadcock accept both references as meaning Jarrow on the Tyne. Dated C13th.

Saxon site was reoccupied in c. 1072 by Aldwin etc. from Winchcombe. In 1083 they were removed to Durham, and Jarrow subsequently became a cell, or dependent house, of Durham until its dissolution in 1536. It rarely housed more than 2 monks during the Middle Ages. There are documentary references (in 1371) to church, chamber, hall, kitchen, pantry, bakehouse, brewhouse, larder, stable, byre, piggery, sheepfold, granary, smithy, dairy, grange. The ruins and excavation show a square cloister south of the church, with - in the first phase - an east range (chapterhouse, reredorter undercroft, etc) abutting the chancel of the church, and the south and west boundary walls of the cloister garth. The west range was never completed, and the south wall became the south, not the north, wall of the south range. In the C13 the east range became a domestic block, with hall, brewhouse etc. Dated C11-16th.

The church, which served both the cell and the parish of Jarrow, consisted of two (probably late) C7 churches linked by the lower part (? late C7) of what became a tower probably c1074. Ryder states the foundation as 682 by Benedict Biscop as part of a combined monastery with St Peter, Monkwearmouth. Most of the east church (present chancel) survives. The western basilica is thought to have consisted of a chancel, a nave with four porticus to north and south, and a west porch. It was demolished and replaced in 1782/83, and again in 1866. Part of the original nave north wall remains. The parish consisted of the vills given to Aldwin by Bishop Walcher in the late C11, viz. Preston (and ? Simonset), Monkton, Hedworth, Hebburn, Westoe and Harton, plus Willington and Wallsend north of the Tyne, the Heworths, Felling and Follingsby. The Victorian nave and north aisle are by George Gilbert Scott. Fittings and furnishings: Unique Saxon stained glass excavated and reinstated in south chancel window. C1500 bench and bench ends of choir stalls in north of chancel. Bede's chair probably dates to the 14th century. 15th century font. A petrological analysis of the Anglo-Saxon and Anglo-Norman undertaken in 2014 confirmed that the Roman fort of Arbeia supplied good quality building stone for the Monkwearmouth-Jarrow monasteries. However, the source of the Roman squared stone used for the 7th century Eastern Church at St. Paul's is less certain. The two key stone types used are present at Arbeia but not in the main areas. Bidwell's suggestion that the lost branch wall at Wallsend (Segedunum) may have provided the stone for St. Paul's is still plausible although Arbeia still seems to have been the source for the massive quantity of recycled Roman stone. Dated C11-16th.

The post-Conquest burials appeared to lie in rows west of the claustral buildings. The pre-Conquest burials were largely in the cloister. Dated C11-16th.

The precise extent of the Anglo-Saxon graveyard is not known. To the south of the church, the burial ground coincides with the break in slope at the edge of the flatter ground occupied by the monastic buildings. No certain physical boundaries were found. The pre-Norman cemetery appears to lie mainly between the Anglo-Saxon churches and buildings A and B. A small number of burials north and south-west of the church may also be early medieval in date. It is estimated that 132 Anglo-Saxon burials were excavated by Cramp. The certain Anglo-Saxon burials comprised 72 adults and 39 sub-adults (including 12 infants, 22 children and 5 adolescents). 35 adult skeletons were male and 20 female. 7 could not be sexed and no data was available for 10. All of the skeletons were extended. 29 were supine or probably supine. 29 had been buried on their right side. Up to 9 fragmentary burials may have been right-side. 10 unphased burials were right-side. No burials were on their left side. The supine burials comprise 8 males, 10 females and 5 sub-adults. Right-side burials comprise 13 males, 6 females and 5 sub-adults. It would therefore appear that this early medieval burial rite was particularly associated with male adults. Virtually all the supine burials had their legs straight and feet together. A few right-side burials were slightly bent at the knees. One had the feet crossed. Most often with supine burials, the arms were slightly flexed with the hands placed on the pelvis, sometimes clasped together. The arms of right-side burials were mostly found in front of the body, hands in front of the pelvis. The principal type of burial was a simple earth-cut grave. There were a few indications of simple stone settings. No charcoal burials were recorded. Ten graves had wood stains, probably indicating coffins. Two of these graves included nails. No shroud pins were found. A single fragmentary iron plate with a nail was found in burial 70/142. Two supine skeletons had their arms tight to the body (suggests shrouds or coffins). A small number of graves contained deliberately placed stones. Supine burial 70/169 had a stone propping up the head and a cobble placed above the hands/pelvis. Right-side burials 69/16 and 75/15 had flat flags behind their shoulders. A flat slab lay along the southern edge of grave 75/22. Small groups of stone lay above the head of 70/18. Two burials (70/109 and 69/20) had a large stone behind the head/left shoulder, perhaps to support a cover. Burial 75/100 was edged with stones, possibly a cist? No decorated or inscribed stone grave markers were found associated with graves. A number of grave slabs were found in the medieval cloister where they had been incorporated into later features. A fragment of grave marker with baluster decoration was found in the later post-medieval cemetery north of the chancel. The lower part of another grave marker was found south-west of the church in a medieval deposit. There was only one probable in-situ grave marker. Burial 70/105 had a rectangular worked stone block set into the clay at the head end of the grave, likely the base of a grave marker. Only two graves contained deliberately placed artefacts. 69/14 contained a black globular glass bead with white trails and red and white eyes (6th or 7th century) lying close to the neck. The same grave contained a fragment of crucible of 8th/9th century date. Grave 71/42 yielded a brown and yellow annular bead. A green glass barrel-shaped bead with yellow trails was found in the upper fill of grave 70/105. A small coral bead came from trench 7006. A blackish knobbed spoke bead with white spiral trails came from trench 7001. Such beads may have been from a necklace or a single bead strung round the neck, clothes fasteners, on a belt or attached to a sword. Only grave 69/14 contained pottery. 59 graves contained fragments of plaster, pieces of lead or window glass. These are building materials from building or modifications to monastic buildings. Six graves contained shells. Two contained animal bone. In burial 70/155 a group of iron clench nails were found but there weren't attached to a coffin. An iron pin with a decorative silver head was found south-west of the church, probably from a disturbed grave. All burials had their heads to the west and were buried in an west-east orientation. There were hints of north-south rows within the cemetery. In five instances an infant or child was buried above an adult. Adult 66/93 lay above adult 66/105. Adult 70/92 seemed to lie above adult 70/149. There were a few pairs of burials - adult female 70/70 and infant 70/91, adult male 70/59 and child 70/11, 69/4 and infant 69/8. A larger group consisted of infant, children and adult female 70/16, 70/8, 70/12, 70/62, 70/49 south of the chancel. These are cut by the medieval cloister wall. A span of some 400 years is represented in the cemetery. The burial ground extended beyond the cloister. 132 burials over 400 years implies only one burial every three years - a very small community. But it is impossible to ascertain the size of the population. The high numbers of right-side burials is interesting, and is also found at Newcastle and Wearmouth. Dated C7-C11.

Decorated fragment of stone, in medium to coarse-grained yellow sandstone. Condition good. A corner fragment, edged by double cable divided by an incised line. Lower surface rough, upper smooth, and "a long projection penetrates the border". 16.5 cm high x 15.2 cm wide x 7 cm deep. Date uncertain. Found in 1971 in archaeological excavation of the robber trench of the west wall of the Norman east claustral range. More like Roman than Saxon work. Perhaps the corner of a grave slab, but uncertain.

Impost (?), perhaps part of furnishing, in medium-grained yellow sandstone. Condition good. Both long faces are carved and incomplete, short sides and top are damaged. A and C (long): framed in a flat-band moulding above and below are groups of balusters with incised caps and bases separated by plain panels. The surface below has been dressed smooth. 12.5 cm high x 25.4 cm wide x 26.7 cm deep. Late C7-C8. Found in 1966 among loose stones. Could be part of the same scheme as Jarrow 9. Dated C7-C8.

Part of socket, or church furnishing, in medium to coarse-grained reddened sandstone. Hollowed out, broken but unworn. The short end appears to have had a lightly grooved moulding with a deeply cut inner edge forming a small square panel. Inside there is a possible inscription, probably in Anglo-Saxon capitals: S((I - 14 cm high x 12 cm wide x 7.6 cm deep. Date uncertain. First noticed in 1972.

Twenty five baluster shafts, 17 whole, 8 fragmentary, in medium-grained yellow sandstone. Some worn. The 17 complete ones are a standard height of 73 cm, and have a diam of 31 cm. Each has a hole at one end, presumably for fitting on a lathe. There are three types of profile. Many were found in the nave walls when they were taken down, though earlier authorities do not agree on the numbers. y was discovered in 1976 in modern overlay during archaeological excavations at Jarrow Slake, south of the church site. Probably all part of one feature. They differ markedly from the Monkwearmouth pieces. Dated 7-8th.

Probably part of an impost, in medium-grained yellow sandstone. Broken and worn. A (long): framed in a wide, flat, moulding is part of a frieze of straight balusters. B (narrow) and C (long): broken. D (narrow): dressed smooth. 9 cm high x 19.5 cm wide x 20.4 cm deep. Late C7 to early C8. Found in 1976 in the archaeological excavations in building rubble within the south-east corner of the medieval claustral range. Possibly related to the Jarrow friezes. Not clear whether it is from demolished domestic buildings or a demolished part of the church, e.g. south range of porticus. Dated 7-8th.