Gateshead, Gouret' Fishery

HER Number

12252

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Gateshead, Gouret' Fishery

Place

Gateshead

Map Sheet

NZ26SW

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

Gouret' in 1128, Goureth, Gourech or possibly Toureth. 'Toureth' could be a corruption of 'Tonmouthe' - mouth of the River Team. Owned by the bishop of Durham. East of the Tyne bridge. 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

423400

Northing

562700

Grid Reference

NZ423400562700

Sources

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