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

Fishing Site

Site Type: Specific

Fish Weir

General Period

MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Medieval 1066 to 1540

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

Sources

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