Elswick, Elstwyk fishery

HER Number

12304

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Elswick, Elstwyk fishery

Place

Elswick

Map Sheet

NZ26SW

Class

Agriculture and Subsistence

Site Type: Broad

Fishing Site

Site Type: Specific

Fish Weir

General Period

MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Medieval 1066 to 1540

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Elstwyk(iare) c. 1147, Elstewkykyar(e) in 1332, 1335, Elswick yair. The yair was held jointly by the Prior of Tynemouth and the de Cauz family. The prior fished during three in every four floods and was responsible for the upkeep of three quarters of the weir.

Easting

423331

Northing

562765

Grid Reference

NZ423331562765

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. 236-9