Whickham, Deap' yar Fishery

HER Number

12238

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Whickham, Deap' yar Fishery

Place

Whickham

Map Sheet

NZ16SE

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

Deap' yar' in 1128, Deape Yare or ayre. Owned by 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}.

Easting

418300

Northing

563600

Grid Reference

NZ418300563600

Sources

Victor Watts, 1986, Some Northumbrian Fishery Names II in Durham Archaeological Journal, 2, 1986, pp 55-61