Heworth, Side yar' Fishery

HER Number

12247

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Heworth, Side yar' 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

Side yar' in 1128, Fiddeneiare in 1195 or yare, Fiddeniare or yare c. 1225, Fideniare in 1418. 'Fitt' is Old English for fighting, strife or conflict. 'Denu' means valley. i.e. 'valley whose ownership is disputed' or 'where fighting takes place'. Owned by the monks..

Easting

428000

Northing

562000

Grid Reference

NZ428000562000

Sources

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