Nether Heworth, Paysse yare Fishery
Nether Heworth, Paysse yare Fishery
HER Number
12270
District
Gateshead
Site Name
Nether Heworth, Paysse yare 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
Paysse<yare> in 1539. 'Pas' is Old French for 'passage across a river'. Owned by Durham priory. 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