Stanners Fishery
Stanners Fishery
HER Number
12311
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Stanners Fishery
Place
Newburn
Map Sheet
NZ16SE
Class
Agriculture and Subsistence
Site Type: Broad
Fishing Site
Site Type: Specific
Fish Weir
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Stuart 1603 to 1714
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Description
In the 17th century the fishery was held by the tenants of husbandlands in Newburn, Walbottle and Butterlaw. It extended between Spetchells and Stanners Farm. It included at least five fisheries. The rent (including part of Crumbwells) in 1851 was £100. The River Tyne was straightened in 1871-1883.
Easting
417000
Northing
564800
Grid Reference
NZ417000564800
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, pp. 146-7 and 152