Jarrow, Uth' yar' Fishery

Uth' yar' in 1128, Vtiare in 1195, Vth yare, Utyare in 1340 and frequently until 1518 with variations Ute, Out(e), Owte, Uttyng 1372-3 and 1495-6. 'Ute' is Old English for outside, distant or on the outskirts. One of the monks' weirs in Jarrow. Described in a lease of 1338 as the 'sectator of le Staneryare' (HER 12275). An out-yair is situated entirely in the course of the river and not attached to the bank at all. 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}.