Gateshead, Grene yar' Fishery

HER Number:
12253

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Gateshead, Grene yar' 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:
Grene yar' in 1128, Greneyre in 1279. 'grene' is Old English for 'green' or 'grassy spot or village green'. Owned by the bishop of Durham. Found guilty of trespass by 42 fathoms beyond its allowed limits in 1279. 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:
23

Northing:
62

Grid Reference:
NZ2362

Lats/Lons:

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