Heworth, Londe yar Fishery

HER Number

12266

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Heworth, Londe 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

Londe yar in 1128, Londe yare, Londiare before 1195. Means 'yair situated near the shore'. Owned by the prior of Durham. A land yair is one that is situated adjacent to the shore. 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

428000

Northing

562000

Grid Reference

NZ428000562000

Sources

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