Monkton, Hongre yare Fishery

HER Number:
12263

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
Monkton, Hongre yare Fishery

Place:
Monkton

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:
Hongre yare in 1128, Ongreiare in 1195, Hungeryere in 1279, Hungriyar in 1328, Hungre yare(s) in 1313 and 1430. 'Hungor' is old English for 'hunger', but might allude to barren ground, i.e. unprofitable weir. Owned by the prior of Durham. Extended beyond its limits by 42 fathoms 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:
298

Northing:
633

Grid Reference:
NZ298633

Lats/Lons:

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