Willington, Daghere Fishery

HER Number:
12314

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Willington, Daghere Fishery

Place:
Willington

Map Sheet:
NZ36NW

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:
Daghere in 1128, Rachere in 1195, Rakere c.1225, Rahgere. 'Ra' is Old English for a landmark or boundary or a roe. 'Racu' means a hollow, stream, stream bed or the straight stretch of a river. 'Rake' is Old English for a narrow path up a hill. Owned by the monks of Durham.

Easting:
321

Northing:
659

Grid Reference:
NZ321659

Lats/Lons:

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