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:
Fish Trap

Site Type: Specific:
Fish Weir

General Period:
Medieval

Specific Period:
C12

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:
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