Cullercoats, medieval fishery

HER Number

12295

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Cullercoats, medieval fishery

Place

Cullercoats

Map Sheet

NZ37SE

Class

Agriculture and Subsistence

Site Type: Broad

Fishing Site

Site Type: Specific

Fish Weir

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

In 1851 the rent of this fishery along with those at Low Lights and Howdon was £2.

Easting

436500

Northing

570500

Grid Reference

NZ436500570500

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. 153