Tyne and Wear HER(12274): Ryton, Stani Pul Fishery - Details
12274
Gateshead
Ryton, Stani Pul Fishery
Ryton
NZ16SE
Agriculture and Subsistence
Fish Trap
Fish Weir
Medieval
C12
Documentary Evidence
Stani Pul in 1128, Stampul. Means 'stoney pool'. One of the bishop of Durham's fisheries equipped with four stelnettes. 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}.
152
651
NZ152651
Victor Watts, 1986, Some Northumbrian Fishery Names II in Durham Archaeological Journal, 2, 1986, pp 55-61