Tyne and Wear HER(12308): Wallsend, Holmes yar' Fishery - Details
12308
N Tyneside
Wallsend, Holmes yar' Fishery
Wallsend
NZ36NW
Agriculture and Subsistence
Fish Trap
Fish Weir
Medieval
C12
Documentary Evidence
Holmes yar' in 1128, Holmesiare in 1195, Holmsyare in 1379, Holmes yare 1439-40. 'Holm' is Old English for island or water meadow. Owned by the monks of Durham.
303
656
NZ303656
V.E. Watts, 1988, Some Northumbrian Fishery Names III in Durham Archaeological Journal, 4, 1988, pp 53-59;