Hebburn, Swyne yar' Fishery

HER Number:
12272

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
Hebburn, Swyne 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:
Swyne yar' in 1128, Siwineiare in 1195, Swyne yare. Could mean Sigewine's yair. 'Swin' is old English for creek or channel and pig or swine. 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