Nether Heworth, Hemmiges yar' Fishery

Hemmiges yar' in 1128, Hemmingesiare in 1195, Hemmyngyare in 1313, Hemunges, hemminges yare, le Hemmyngyar 1438-9. Could be a personal name - 'Hemming' means place associated with or belonging to Hemma. 'Hemming' in old English means enclosure or dam. 'Hemm' is a border. 'Hamm' is an enclosure. Owned by the monks. 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}.