Wallsend, Wales yar' Fishery

HER Number

12323

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Wallsend, Wales yar' 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

Wales yar' in 1128, Wales yare, Wallesiare in 1195, Walleyair 1439-40. Means either yair by the Roman wall or just Wallsend yair. Owned by the monks of Durham.

Easting

430400

Northing

565700

Grid Reference

NZ430400565700

Sources

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