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New page: Now a district of the north east England city of Newcastle upon Tyne, Jesmond was a centre for pilgrimage in the middle ages. The name means 'Jesus' Mound', and refers to a mound overlooki...
Now a district of the north east England city of Newcastle upon Tyne, Jesmond was a centre for pilgrimage in the middle ages. The name means 'Jesus' Mound', and refers to a mound overlooking the Ouseburn Valley, said to have been associated with Jesus' assumed visit to Britain (cf Glastonbury, the Arimethea legend). The mound is occupied by the ruins of a chapel which were the centre of the devotion; nearby is St Mary's Well, a sacred water source. The site is approached from the Tyne Bridge in Newcastle by Pilgrim Street (vicus Peregrinorum); and the locations are perfectly aligned with the monastic remains on Holy Island, the sanctuary of St Cuthbert on a demi-island (or tidal island) off the north Northumberland coast, the birthplace of English Christianity.