Denton, Black and Bright fishery

HER Number:
12301

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Denton, Black and Bright fishery

Place:
Denton

Map Sheet:
NZ26SW

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 belonging to Tynemouth Priory mentioned 1538-9 and 1565. By 1851 it was divided into two, the Black and Bright fishery, East Denton and Gowdy fishery, West Denton. Annual rent of the former was £12, annual rent of the latter £7 10s. There was another weir (gurges) at Denton which was subject to a dispute between John de Ridel of Denton and Robert Neville of Winlaton in the Assize Roll of 1256.

Easting:
195

Northing:
640

Grid Reference:
NZ195640

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. 153-6; Surtees Society 88, 1891, Three Early Assize Rolls, pp 14-15