Gateshead, le Flyeiare Fishery

HER Number

12248

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Gateshead, le Flyeiare Fishery

Place

Gateshead

Map Sheet

NZ26SE

Class

Agriculture and Subsistence

Site Type: Broad

Fishing Site

Site Type: Specific

Fish Weir

General Period

MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Medieval 1066 to 1540

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Le Flyeiare in 1346, Fle in 1387, Fleyar 1438-9. 'Fleoge' is Old English for 'a fly'. 'Flyge' is Old English for 'a stream'. 'Fly' is Swedish for a body of water. May mean that the fishery was infected by midges.

Easting

424000

Northing

563000

Grid Reference

NZ424000563000

Sources

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