Wallsend, Hupward Yer Fishery

HER Number

12320

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Wallsend, Hupward Yer 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

Hupward yer c. 1147. 'Utweard' in Old English means 'outward'. A yair situated in mid-stream and completely detached from the bank.

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;