Bill Quay, Bill Point, medieval fishery

HER Number

12290

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Bill Quay, Bill Point, medieval fishery

Place

Bill Quay

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

Bill Point was a prominent projection of land cut away in the 1880s to improve navigation. 'Bile' is Old English for a bill, beak, headland or narrow promontory. The annual rent in 1851 was £7.

Easting

429600

Northing

563300

Grid Reference

NZ429600563300

Sources

V.E. Watts, 1988, Some Northumbrian Fishery Names III in Durham Archaeological Journal, 4, 1988, pp 53-59