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MONKTON, a hamlet in Hedworth, Monkton, and Jarrow township, Jarrow parish, Durham; 2 miles SW of Jarrow. It has a post office under Gateshead; it competes with Bede's Hill and with Sunderland the claim of being the birthplace of the Venerable Bede; and it has a spring, called Bede's Well, which was long a superstitions re sort for the benefit of diseased or infirm children.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a hamlet" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Jarrow Parish County Durham Ancient County |
| Place: | Monkton |
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