Gateshead, Dyaph yar Fishery

HER Number:
12237

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Gateshead, Dyaph yar Fishery

Place:
Gateshead

Map Sheet:
NZ26SW

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:
Dyaph yar in 1128, Depe in 1279, Deaphe or Daphe yare. 'Deope' means 'deep' in old English. It is mentioned in the Northumberland Assize Roll of 1279 as having extended 20 fathoms (teisias) beyond its due bounds. Owned by 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:
24

Northing:
63

Grid Reference:
NZ2463

Lats/Lons:

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