Nether Heworth, Blaklawyar Fishery
Nether Heworth, Blaklawyar Fishery
HER Number
12230
District
Gateshead
Site Name
Nether Heworth, Blaklawyar Fishery
Place
Heworth
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
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
Blaklawyar between 1438-9. 'Bloec' is old English for 'black', 'hlaw' means hill. Hence Blackhill yair. 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}.
Easting
429000
Northing
562000
Grid Reference
NZ429000562000
Sources
Victor Watts, 1986, Some Northumbrian Fishery Names II in Durham Archaeological Journal, 2, 1986, pp 55-61