Jarrow, Stanre yar' Fishery

Stanre yar in 1128, Stanre yare, Steinreiare in 1195, Staneryar(e) in 1346 and frequently until 1518, le Stanarzar 1411-12, Stan(e)yar(e) in 1370 and frequently until 1496. 'Stoener' is old English for 'stony'. Stanners means 'small stones, gravel on the margin of a river'. Owned by the monks. Weir built of stone. 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}.