Heworth, Side yar' Fishery

HER Number:
12247

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Heworth, Side yar' Fishery

Place:
Heworth

Map Sheet:
NZ26SE

Class:
Agriculture and Subsistence

Site Type: Broad:
Fish Trap

Site Type: Specific:
Fish Weir

General Period:
Medieval

Specific Period:
C12

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
Side yar' in 1128, Fiddeneiare in 1195 or yare, Fiddeniare or yare c. 1225, Fideniare in 1418. 'Fitt' is Old English for fighting, strife or conflict. 'Denu' means valley. i.e. 'valley whose ownership is disputed' or 'where fighting takes place'. Owned by the monks..

Easting:
28

Northing:
62

Grid Reference:
NZ2862

Lats/Lons:

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