Walker, Burnemuth yare

HER Number:
12293

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Walker, Burnemuth yare

Place:
Walker

Map Sheet:
NZ36NW

Class:
Agriculture and Subsistence

Site Type: Broad:
Fish Trap

Site Type: Specific:
Fish Weir

General Period:
Medieval

Specific Period:
C13

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
Burnemuth yare, Burnemuhyare in 1244. 'Burnan' is Old English for a stream and 'mutha' means mouth. Burnmouth probably refers to the burn which descends from Old Walker to the Tyne at the boundary of Long Benton and Wallsend parishes. The fishery was given by Roger de Merlay to Newminster Abbey.

Easting:
300

Northing:
654

Grid Reference:
NZ300654

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
V.E. Watts, 1988, Some Northumbrian Fishery Names III in Durham Archaeological Journal, 4, 1988, pp 53-59; Chartularium Abbathiae de Novo Monasterio, Surtees Society 66, 1986, p 15