Tyne and Wear HER(12267): Redheugh, Mald'yar' Fishery - Details
12267
Gateshead
Redheugh, Mald'yar' Fishery
Redheugh
NZ26SW
Agriculture and Subsistence
Fish Trap
Fish Weir
Medieval
C12
Documentary Evidence
Mald'yar' in 1128, Malde yare, Maleyare in 1334. May relate to the personal name Mahthild or Maud. Episcopal weir. 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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628
NZ239628
Victor Watts, 1986, Some Northumbrian Fishery Names II in Durham Archaeological Journal, 2, 1986, pp 55-61