Longbenton, Hames yhare Fishery

HER Number

12307

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Longbenton, Hames yhare Fishery

Place

Longbenton

Map Sheet

NZ26SE

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

Hames yhare (no date), Harnesyhare in 1244. 'Ham' is Old English for manor, estate or 'hamm' meaning enclosure. The yair was in Longbenton township and was given to Newminster Abbey by Roger de Merlay.

Easting

429000

Northing

564000

Grid Reference

NZ429000564000

Sources

V.E. Watts, 1988, Some Northumbrian Fishery Names III in Durham Archaeological Journal, 4, 1988, pp 53-59;