Bill Quay, Bill Point, medieval fishery

HER Number:
12290

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Bill Quay, Bill Point, medieval fishery

Place:
Bill Quay

Map Sheet:
NZ26SE

Class:
Agriculture and Subsistence

Site Type: Broad:
Fish Trap

Site Type: Specific:
Fish Weir

General Period:
Medieval

Specific Period:

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
Bill Point was a prominent projection of land cut away in the 1880s to improve navigation. 'Bile' is Old English for a bill, beak, headland or narrow promontory. The annual rent in 1851 was £7.

Easting:
296

Northing:
633

Grid Reference:
NZ296633

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
V.E. Watts, 1988, Some Northumbrian Fishery Names III in Durham Archaeological Journal, 4, 1988, pp 53-59