Benwell, medieval fishery

HER Number

12289

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Benwell, medieval fishery

Place

Benwell

Map Sheet

NZ26SW

Class

Agriculture and Subsistence

Site Type: Broad

Fishing Site

Site Type: Specific

Fish Trap

General Period

MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Medieval 1066 to 1540

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

A fishery here was given to Tynemouth Priory in 1472. It is recorded again in 1551 and 1608, where there is specific mention of fishing for salmon. Possible relationshiop or continuity with the Benwell Salmon Fishery depicted in 1st edition Ordnance Survey (HER 4084). Dated C15th.

Easting

421900

Northing

563200

Grid Reference

NZ421900563200

Sources

V.E. Watts, 1988, Some Northumbrian Fishery Names III in Durham Archaeological Journal, 4, 1988, pp 53-59; M.H. Dodds, 1930, A History of Northumberland, Vol. XIII, p. 219
Notes by I Farrier 2023, West Newcastle Picture History Collection