Gateshead, Gouret' Fishery

HER Number:
12252

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Gateshead, Gouret' 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

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
Gouret' in 1128, Goureth, Gourech or possibly Toureth. 'Toureth' could be a corruption of 'Tonmouthe' - mouth of the River Team. Owned by the bishop of Durham. East of the Tyne bridge. 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:
234

Northing:
627

Grid Reference:
NZ234627

Lats/Lons:

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