Wallsend, Holmes yar' Fishery

HER Number

12308

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Wallsend, Holmes yar' Fishery

Place

Wallsend

Map Sheet

NZ36NW

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

Holmes yar' in 1128, Holmesiare in 1195, Holmsyare in 1379, Holmes yare 1439-40. 'Holm' is Old English for island or water meadow. Owned by the monks of Durham.

Easting

430300

Northing

565600

Grid Reference

NZ430300565600

Sources

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