Wallsend, Hupward Yer Fishery

HER Number:
12320

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Wallsend, Hupward Yer Fishery

Place:
Wallsend

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:
Hupward yer c. 1147. 'Utweard' in Old English means 'outward'. A yair situated in mid-stream and completely detached from the bank.

Easting:
305

Northing:
657

Grid Reference:
NZ305657

Lats/Lons:

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