Winlaton, Berde yar Fishery

Berde yar in 1128, Berde yare. Means 'beard yair'. Beard could mean edge, rim or margin, or it could have been a person's name like Bearda or Beorda. The fishery lay in Winlaton and belonged to the bishop of Durham. The main catch would have been salmon, but in fact a wider range of fish would have been taken (eg. Eels, pike, minnow, burbot, trout and lamprey' {G.N. Garmondsway (ed), 1939, 'Aelfric's Colloquy', pp 101-2}.