Wallsend, Neweyar' Fishery
Wallsend, Neweyar' Fishery
HER Number
12312
District
N Tyneside
Site Name
Wallsend, Neweyar' 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
Neweyar' in 1439-40. Belonged to the monks of Durham.
Easting
430500
Northing
565700
Grid Reference
NZ430500565700
Sources
V.E. Watts, 1988, Some Northumbrian Fishery Names III in Durham Archaeological Journal, 4, 1988, pp 53-59;