Wallsend, Vthwardesyar' Fishery

HER Number:
12321

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Wallsend, Vthwardesyar' 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:
Vthwardesyar' in 1128, Vtwordesiare in 1195, Vtwardis yare. 'Utweardes' is Old English for 'towards the outside'. The yare was thus either located mid-stream or was at the upper or lower boundary of the fishery. Owned by the Durham monks.

Easting:
303

Northing:
656

Grid Reference:
NZ303656

Lats/Lons:

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