Cullercoats, medieval fishery

HER Number:
12295

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Cullercoats, medieval fishery

Place:
Cullercoats

Map Sheet:
NZ37SE

Class:
Agriculture and Subsistence

Site Type: Broad:
Fish Trap

Site Type: Specific:
Fish Weir

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
In 1851 the rent of this fishery along with those at Low Lights and Howdon was £2.

Easting:
365

Northing:
705

Grid Reference:
NZ365705

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, p. 153