Jarrow, Stanre yar' Fishery

HER Number:
12275

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
Jarrow, Stanre yar' Fishery

Place:
Jarrow

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:
Stanre yar in 1128, Stanre yare, Steinreiare in 1195, Staneryar(e) in 1346 and frequently until 1518, le Stanarzar 1411-12, Stan(e)yar(e) in 1370 and frequently until 1496. 'Stoener' is old English for 'stony'. Stanners means 'small stones, gravel on the margin of a river'. Owned by the monks. Weir built of stone. 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:
33

Northing:
66

Grid Reference:
NZ3366

Lats/Lons:

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