Newburn, Foul yare Fishery

HER Number:
12305

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Newburn, Foul yare Fishery

Place:
Newburn

Map Sheet:
NZ16SE

Class:
Agriculture and Subsistence

Site Type: Broad:
Fish Trap

Site Type: Specific:
Fish Weir

General Period:
Medieval

Specific Period:
C13

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
Foul yare in 1298, Fuyle 1479. 'Ful' is Old English for foul or dirty. It is recorded as one of a pair of fisheries (along with Dripinttell Yare) and a place for drying nets. The yare belonged to Hexham Priory.

Easting:
167

Northing:
649

Grid Reference:
NZ167649

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
V.E. Watts, 1988, Some Northumbrian Fishery Names III in Durham Archaeological Journal, 4, 1988, pp 53-59; Craster, A History of Northumberland, Vol. III, p. 141