By Tim Lewthwaite Benedict Biscop — international book collector, influential architect, founder of Jarrow-Monkwearmouth monastery, mentor to the Venerable Bede, latter-day patron saint of Sunderland — and the man who leads us to the origin of Bedlington, Northumberland… Bedlingtonshire, a ‘pre-county’ shire of Old English proportions, was an exclave of Durham (see yellow) until 1844, … Continue reading Northumbrian History Theory Time: Benedict Biscop and the Origins of Bedlington