Winlaton, Berde yar Fishery

HER Number:
12227

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Winlaton, Berde yar Fishery

Place:
Winlaton

Map Sheet:
NZ16SE

Class:
Agriculture and Subsistence

Site Type: Broad:
Fish Trap

Site Type: Specific:
Fish Weir

General Period:
Medieval

Specific Period:
C12-C14

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
Berde yar in 1128, Berde yare. Means 'beard yair'. Beard could mean edge, rim or margin, or it could have been a person's name like Bearda or Beorda. The fishery lay in Winlaton and belonged to the bishop of Durham. The main catch would have been salmon, but in fact a wider range of fish would have been taken (eg. Eels, pike, minnow, burbot, trout and lamprey' {G.N. Garmondsway (ed), 1939, 'Aelfric's Colloquy', pp 101-2}.

Easting:
180

Northing:
636

Grid Reference:
NZ180636

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Victor Watts, 1986, Some Northumbrian Fishery Names II in Durham Archaeological Journal, 2, 1986, pp 55-61