Tyne and Wear HER(12290): Bill Quay, Bill Point, medieval fishery - Details
12290
Newcastle
Bill Quay, Bill Point, medieval fishery
Bill Quay
NZ26SE
Agriculture and Subsistence
Fish Trap
Fish Weir
Medieval
Documentary Evidence
Bill Point was a prominent projection of land cut away in the 1880s to improve navigation. 'Bile' is Old English for a bill, beak, headland or narrow promontory. The annual rent in 1851 was £7.
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633
NZ296633
V.E. Watts, 1988, Some Northumbrian Fishery Names III in Durham Archaeological Journal, 4, 1988, pp 53-59