Toulershell fishery

Toulershell in 1344. 'Stell' is Old English for a fishing station. 'Schela' is Old English for a fisherman's hut. 'Toullere' means a tax-gatherer. 'Toll-gear' would be a weir that pays a toll. Belonged to the bishop of Durham. Below Gateshead Park, east of the Tyne bridge. The weir at this fishery is probably Helperyare (HER 12257). 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}.