Town in Tyne and Wear, NE England, on the south bank of the Tyne, 10 km/6 mi E of Newcastle and connected with the north bank by the Tyne Tunnel (1967); est) 27,000. The Venerable Bede lived in a monastery here in the early 8th century. In 1933 the closure of Palmer's shipyard in Jarrow prompted the unemployed to march to London, a landmark event of the Depression. Present-day industries include chemicals, oil, iron and steel.