Gateshead, Gornerh' Fishery

HER Number:
12251

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Gateshead, Gornerh' 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:
Gornerh' in 1128, Vorn or Worerch. 'Erh' looks like an attempt at 'yare'. 'Worn' could reflect Old English 'wor-hana', 'wor-henn' - wercock, woodgrouse, capercaillie, pheasant or another wild bird. 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