Teottyng fishery

HER Number

12318

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Teottyng 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

Teottyng in 1128, Theotincge in 1195, Teotting, Teotnog' yare. 'Teotting' is Old English for 'place belonging to or associated with Teotta' (cf. Teottingtun = Teddington, Teotanheale = Tennenhall). The weir belonged to the monks of Durham.

Easting

432200

Northing

565900

Grid Reference

NZ432200565900

Sources

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