Willington, Teottyng fishery

HER Number:
12318

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Willington, Teottyng 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:
Teottyng in 1128, Theotincge in 1195, Teotting, Teotnog' yare. 'Teotting' is Old English for 'place belonging to or associated with Teotta' (cf. Teottingtun = Teddington, Teotanheale = Tennenhall). The weir belonged to the monks of Durham.

Easting:
322

Northing:
659

Grid Reference:
NZ322659

Lats/Lons:

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