Jarrow, Courtyar Fishery

HER Number:
12235

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
Jarrow, Courtyar Fishery

Place:
Jarrow

Map Sheet:
NZ36NW

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:
Courtyar from 1438-9. 'Cort(e)' means 'a short plot of ground' or 'a piece of land cut off' in old English. 'Cort' also means 'short' and 'court' means 'manor'. More likely 'corte' means hurdle or fence. 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:
326

Northing:
659

Grid Reference:
NZ326659

Lats/Lons:

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