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St Peter's Church is the parish church of Monkwearmouth in Sunderland, England.

The original Saxon porch, c AD 674.

St Peter's Church is the parish church of Monkwearmouth in Sunderland, England.

St Peter's Church is the parish church of Monkwearmouth in Sunderland, England.

St Peter's Church is the parish church of Monkwearmouth in Sunderland, England. It was founded in AD 674–5 and later became one of the two churches of the Benedictine double monastery of Monkwearmouth–Jarrow. The other church is St Paul's, Jarrow. The church is a Grade I listed building and part of a scheduled monument. The monastery became the centre of Anglo-Saxon learning, producing the greatest Anglo-Saxon scholar, Bede.