Pottershihera Fishery

HER Number

12313

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Pottershihera Fishery

Place

Newcastle

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

Referenced c. 1160. Potter either refers to a surname or literally means potter's yair. Described as being juxta Novum Castellum (beside Newcastle). There was also a Potterschare in Gateshead.

Easting

425000

Northing

563000

Grid Reference

NZ425000563000

Sources

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