Longbenton, Hames yhare Fishery

HER Number:
12307

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Longbenton, Hames yhare Fishery

Place:
Longbenton

Map Sheet:
NZ26SE

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:
Hames yhare (no date), Harnesyhare in 1244. 'Ham' is Old English for manor, estate or 'hamm' meaning enclosure. The yair was in Longbenton township and was given to Newminster Abbey by Roger de Merlay.

Easting:
29

Northing:
64

Grid Reference:
NZ2964

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
V.E. Watts, 1988, Some Northumbrian Fishery Names III in Durham Archaeological Journal, 4, 1988, pp 53-59;