Denton, Gowdy fishery

HER Number:
12306

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Denton, Gowdy 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. Gowdy is a Northumbrian dialect form of goldy meaning golden. It also means 'a toy or plaything' or 'frolicsome, festive, wanton'.

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;