An increase in the population of Jarrow at the beginning of the 19th Century provided a fertile field in which Freemasonry could take root. Following a petition, a Charter was granted on June 5th, 1866 and on August 7th, 1866, St. Bede Lodge, No. 1119 was consecrated by the Rt. W. Bro. John Fawcett, Provincial Grand Master in the Mechanics Institute, Jarrow. The Lodge held its meetings here until permanent premises could be secured. W. Bro. Henry Hedley was the first Master, and the first meeting was held on August 29th, 1866. A period of consolidation followed and the strength of the Lodge grew and in March 1878 the question of a permanent meeting place was seriously considered and within a year the project was agreed. The foundation stone was laid on 21st April, 1881, by W. Bro. George Spain, Master of Northumberland Lodge. Just ten months later, on the 15th February, 1882, the Temple was consecrated. St. Bede Lodge had a home. Masonry and its attraction spread, and in due course a representation was made, a warrant issued, and on May 31st, 1882, St. Bede Chapter, No. 1119 was consecrated. By the end of the 19th century, the population of Jarrow exceeded 30,000. At the same time the results of the 1870 Education Act, giving education to all, were now being felt among the adult population. These facts were reflected in the increased flow of candidates. It was now apparent that to avoid long periods of waiting for admission, and to prevent subsequent accumulation of names of potential candidates, another Lodge was imperative. Thus did St. Paul Lodge, No. 3242 come into being.
About this time discussions were entered into regarding the alteration and extension of the building. Plans were agreed and the contractor took over in May 1909. Dispensation was granted for the regular meetings to be held at Carr Street, Hebburn, and through the good graces of Perseverance Lodge, St. Bede Lodge functioned normally.
On the 8th December 1909, the building as we now know it re-opened. The 50th Anniversary of the Lodge was commemorated on the 13th September 1916 by a visit from Provincial Grand Lodge, headed by the Deputy Provincial Grand Master, V. W. Bro. Victor Williamson, and the presentation of mementos in the form of a jewel and medal.
Further expansion in depth came in 1920, with the consecration of Jarrow Mark Lodge No. 701, and that Masonry was extending its appeal was shown by the formation of Pele Tower Lodge and whose consecration took place in Jarrow Masonic Hall.
The war brought employment, to be followed by a measure of prosperity unknown in the history of the Town. The rising standard of living, the time for leisure, and the means to enjoy it; all these increased the field of Masonic attraction. The pressure for Masonic status became so astute that Lodge lists had to be closed. The solution was to form another Lodge to cope with the demand. And it so was that on the 5th March 1947, a Charter was granted for Gyrwy Lodge, No. 6462. The consecration was on 11th June 1947.
The following Craft Lodges still meet at Jarrow Masonic Hall:
St Bede Lodge No. 1119
St Paul Lodge No. 3242
Gyrwy Lodge No. 6462
Jarrow Grange Lodge No. 8551.

This presbytery was formerly on the South Tyneside local list, but was listed Grade II in 2016 with the following description:
Details
Presbytery including attached walls and detached wall to south, later C19, Tudor Revival style.
MATERIALS: The presbytery is of red-brick with painted ashlar dressings. Both buildings have slate roofs.
PLAN: The presbytery is rectangular with an attached lower range to the E.
PRESBYTERY: two storeys plus basement of red brick construction with ashlar dressings and tall brick chimney stacks. Window frames throughout are uPVC replacements. All windows on the S elevation are stone mullions set in painted ashlar surrounds and those to the side and rear have plain rectangular heads with painted ashlar sills and lintels. The S elevation has three gabled bays with a narrow central entrance bay with a stone Tudor entrance reached by a flight of stone steps, and a two-light window above. The right end bay has a four-light window with a three-light window above; attached to the right is a short, single-storey range with similar detailing. The slightly projecting left end bay has a five-light canted bay window with a three light window above. There is an area to the front with large similarly detailed basement windows. The left return is plainer, with a projecting central bay formed by a double-height canted bay window, flanked by plain bays with a single window to the ground floor and a dormer window above. The rear is similarly plain but has a large stair window, and there are several modern extensions.
INTERIOR
PRESBYTERY: the ground floor retains its original plan with a vestibule opening into a large stair hall with three principal rooms off. The vestibule partition has leaded and stained glazing with foliate motifs and there are six panel doors and architraves and ornate cornices and ceiling roses throughout. The dining room has panelled reveals and soffits to the bay window and retains a later-C19 chimney piece. The open-well staircase has ornate mahogany newel posts, balusters and handrail and is lit by a large stair window with coloured glass motifs and a central pane depicting Jesus The Good Shepherd. It is understood that the good survival of original features continues to the first floor. The basement has been converted to a parish centre and extended to the rear; both elements have inserted modern interiors and are not of special interest.
SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: there are stone steps to the W end entrance and to the S side of the presbytery, there are revetment walls, walls flanking the stone steps to the entrance and an red-brick wall with double-chamfered stone copings. A tall brick wall to the NE and E side of the presbytery and a low double-chamfered stone base to the W and N sides of the church are both of very plain character and are not listed.

1876 by Gibson Lidbetter, supervised by T.C. Nicholson. Dressed stone. Tall chancel, aisles, truncated North East tower with clasping buttresses and entrance under it. A large and distinguished urban Gothic Revival church, despite the unfinished bell tower. The church contains stained glass windows from the predecessor chapel, which was converted for Catholic use in 1849. Both the church and the adjacent brick presbytery have landmark value.
This church was formerly on the South Tyneside local list, but was listed Grade II in 2016 with the following description:
Details
Roman Catholic Church, 1874-6 to designs by Thomas C Nicholson Early English Gothic.
MATERIALS: the church is constructed of dressed stone with a plinth of roughly-hewn stone.
PLAN: the church faces S but the following description follows conventional liturgical orientation. It has a longitudinal plan with an apsidal chancel, aisled nave, short transepts and an incomplete NW bell tower.
EXTERIOR CHURCH: there is a high chamfered plinth and a prominent eaves band, and window and door openings mostly having hood moulds with stops and neatly-lain surrounds of dressed stone. The tall chancel has an apse with a pyramidal roof surmounted by an iron cross finial and there are seven regularly spaced lancets with trefoil tracery. The pitch-roofed transepts have stepped buttresses and are lit by rose windows above a larger lancet, with three stepped lancets to the E walls. A single-storey flat-roofed vestry extends E from the E wall of the N transept; this has a tall shoulder-arched double entrance (formally a six-light mullion and transom window) separated from a six-light mullion and transom widow by a short buttress, both with relieving arches. The nave has a pitched roof with stone cross finials to each gable. The N and S aisles have lean-to roofs and bays defined by buttresses with paired lancets, and the clerestory also has short paired lancets. The three-bay W end has a central bay flanked by stepped buttresses with a recessed pointed-arch doorway, reached by stone steps, of two orders fitted with double wooden doors. Above this there is a five-light window with geometrical tracery and a sill band. To the right, the W end of the S aisle has a three-light window and a sill band. To the left the W face of the tower has angle buttresses with a single lancet to each of the two lower stages and two cusped lancets on the upper stage; each stage is demarcated by a stone band. The N face of the tower has a large pointed-arched recessed entrance with a single lancet and paired lancets to the upper stages.
INTERIOR
CHURCH: the sanctuary has a panelled timber ceiling with ribs dividing it into sections, and its seven windows depict the Seven Sacraments. Below, the walls are panelled in timber carved with tracery. The timber reredos of the high altar is richly carved with canopies over four saint statues flanking the central monstrance throne and tabernacle; the lower parts are faced in stone. The re-sited original timber altar is set forward and the late-C19 Gothic pulpit and rail with a relief carving of St Bede is located on the sanctuary steps in front of the tall, narrow chancel arch; the pulpit stem is set behind in use as a sanctuary table. The N transept contains a NE chapel with a timber altar. The stained glass of the three lancets above (removed from the first chapel) depict the Saints Patrick, Bede and Hilda. The N lancet window has a stained glass depiction of St Vincent and the rose is filled with clear glass. The S transept contains the Lady Chapel with a timber altar and reredos. The three lancets (removed from the first chapel) depict Saints Francis, John and William. The S window has stained glass of St Catherine below a plain glass rose. The five-bay nave has an arch-braced roof, painted plastered walls and a mixture of parquet flooring and floor boards. The pointed arch stone arcades have octagonal pillars, set against which are several statues including a Pieta by Mayer of Munich. Benches are simple open ended forms and there is a pair of octagonal stone holy water stoups set at the nave entrance. The aisles have lean-to timber ceilings and their windows contain a variety of stained glass of late C19 and C20 date; Stations of the Cross are unframed plaster casts.
At the W end there is an organ gallery with a tri-lobed balustrade, and an organ that is listed in the National Pipe Organ Register. A narthex below is divided from the nave by plaster partitions. The former baptistery in the NW corner of the narthex is now partitioned as a small chapel; the south window depicts Saints Thomas More and John Fisher (1982) and the W window depicts the Ascension. The ground floor of the NW tower forms a porch and is entered through modern double doors; it contains a large First World War memorial recording the names of the Fallen of the parish, set in a marble frame surmounted by a crucifix.

Attractive brick village hall.

The York and County Banking Co. commissioned architects Messrs Clark and Moscrop to design a building to replace an existing building on the corner of Denmark Street and York Street. At the time the York and County Bank shared premises with the London City and Midland Bank in King Street.
The Council approved the plans in 1903.
The Midland Bank traded from these premises since 1926 – now part of HSBC.

Former police station. Now a guest house.

Following site clearance by the Council, this 122 square yard corner plot of surplus land was put up for auction for the reserve price of £12.10s per square yard in 1905 (Plot I). The council’s stipulation for the land read: ‘… as regards plot I, the building line in Keppel Street on the ground floor be in line with the present shop fronts, and the 1st to 2nd floor to be set 3 feet 2 inches from the ground floor line.’
After several unsuccessful auctions, the council eventually sold the land for its reserve price in October 1907. Mr Lockey, a solicitor, bought the property for £11,500.
This impressive building retains many of its original architectural features and boasts one of the few remaining historic shopfronts in the town centre. Formerly a grocers shop – Hintons in 1950’s and 1960’s.

The proprietor of this public house back in 1891 is recorded as T Bains. Used to be called the Smugglers Public House.

1930s clothing store. Social context: ‘The Full Monty’ derives from the inexpensive suits supplied by Montague Burton.

Originally part of the entrance to the Royal Assembly Hall, the shop has had several tenants, including tobacconists Auty and Norman. Fred Minchella opened up his ice cream parlour in 1943 and together with his brother Tony built a reputation for the outstanding quality of their delicious ice cream. Their father, Guiseppe Minchella, came to England from the village of San Michelle in Cassino, Italy circa 1905. He originally sold ice cream in the colliery districts of Durham before moving to South Shields, where he had an ice cream parlour on King Street.