Vtwardes yar' Fishery
Vtwardes yar' Fishery
HER Number
12322
District
N Tyneside
Site Name
Vtwardes 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
Vtwardes yar' in 1128, Vtwordesiare in 1195, vtwardis yare. Owned by the Durham monks.
Easting
432400
Northing
565900
Grid Reference
NZ432400565900
Sources
V.E. Watts, 1988, Some Northumbrian Fishery Names III in Durham Archaeological Journal, 4, 1988, pp 53-59;