Newburn, Black Stones Fishery

HER Number:
12291

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Newburn, Black Stones Fishery

Place:
Newburn

Map Sheet:
NZ16SE

Class:
Agriculture and Subsistence

Site Type: Broad:
Fish Trap

Site Type: Specific:
Fish Weir

General Period:
Medieval

Specific Period:
C16

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
A fishery is recorded at Newburn from 1500 to c.1700. It extended from the west boundary of the manor of Newburn to the east boundary adjoining Sugley grounds at Lemington. The rent of the Newburn and part of Crumbwells fisheries in 1851 was £100.

Easting:
176

Northing:
645

Grid Reference:
NZ176645

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
V.E. Watts, 1988, Some Northumbrian Fishery Names III in Durham Archaeological Journal, 4, 1988, pp 53-59; M.H. Dodds, 1930, A History of Northumberland, Vol. XIII, pp. 146-52