Daghere Fishery

HER Number

12314

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Daghere Fishery

Place

Willington

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

Daghere in 1128, Rachere in 1195, Rakere c.1225, Rahgere. 'Ra' is Old English for a landmark or boundary or a roe. 'Racu' means a hollow, stream, stream bed or the straight stretch of a river. 'Rake' is Old English for a narrow path up a hill. Owned by the monks of Durham.

Easting

432100

Northing

565900

Grid Reference

NZ432100565900

Sources

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