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

Lats/Lons:

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