Hebburn, pech' yar' Fishery

HER Number:
12271

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
Hebburn, pech' yar' Fishery

Place:
Hebburn

Map Sheet:
NZ36NW

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:
Pech' yar' in 1128, Petthiare in 1195, cuiusdam Gocie piscarie vocate Pedyhare in 1325, Pech yare, Peth yar(e) in 1430 and 1438-9, Peth yair in 1378, Peteyare in 1313. 'Peth' is old English for a hollow or deep cutting in a road. 'Gocie' is probably a latinization of 'gota' meaning a watercourse, channel or stream. Owned by Durham priory. 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:
30

Northing:
65

Grid Reference:
NZ3065

Lats/Lons:

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