Tyne and Wear HER(12293): Walker, Burnemuth yare - Details
12293
Newcastle
Walker, Burnemuth yare
Walker
NZ36NW
Agriculture and Subsistence
Fish Trap
Fish Weir
Medieval
C13
Documentary Evidence
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.
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654
NZ300654
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