Tyne and Wear HER(12266): Heworth, Londe yar Fishery - Details
12266
Gateshead
Heworth, Londe yar Fishery
Heworth
NZ26SE
Agriculture and Subsistence
Fish Trap
Fish Weir
Medieval
C12
Documentary Evidence
Londe yar in 1128, Londe yare, Londiare before 1195. Means 'yair situated near the shore'. Owned by the prior of Durham. A land yair is one that is situated adjacent to the shore. 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}.
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62
NZ2862
Victor Watts, 1986, Some Northumbrian Fishery Names II in Durham Archaeological Journal, 2, 1986, pp 55-61