Redheugh, Mald'yar' Fishery

HER Number

12267

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Redheugh, Mald'yar' Fishery

Place

Redheugh

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

Mald'yar' in 1128, Malde yare, Maleyare in 1334. May relate to the personal name Mahthild or Maud. Episcopal weir. 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

423900

Northing

562800

Grid Reference

NZ423900562800

Sources

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