Foul yare Fishery

HER Number

12305

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Foul yare Fishery

Place

Newburn

Map Sheet

NZ16SE

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

Foul yare in 1298, Fuyle 1479. 'Ful' is Old English for foul or dirty. It is recorded as one of a pair of fisheries (along with Dripinttell Yare) and a place for drying nets. The yare belonged to Hexham Priory.

Easting

416700

Northing

564900

Grid Reference

NZ416700564900

Sources

V.E. Watts, 1988, Some Northumbrian Fishery Names III in Durham Archaeological Journal, 4, 1988, pp 53-59; Craster, A History of Northumberland, Vol. III, p. 141