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:
Fish Trap

Site Type: Specific:
Fish Weir

General Period:
Medieval

Specific Period:
C12

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:
23331

Northing:
62765

Grid Reference:
NZ2333162765

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. 236-9