Smipes yar' Fishery

HER Number

12317

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Smipes yar' 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

Smipes yar' in 1128, Smithesiare in 1195, Simpes yare, Smidyare in 1379. 'Smip' is Old English for 'a smith' or is the surname derived from it. Belonged to the monks of Durham.

Easting

432300

Northing

565900

Grid Reference

NZ432300565900

Sources

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