Salmon Yares

HER Number

4485

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

Salmon Yares

Place

South Shields

Map Sheet

NZ36NE

Class

Agriculture and Subsistence

Site Type: Broad

Fishing Site

Site Type: Specific

Fishing Site

General Period

MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Medieval 1066 to 1540

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

There is evidence for sea and river fishing at South Shields in the medieval period. There is, for example, an early 12th century itinerary of all the fisheries belonging to the Bishop of Durham. This includes St Hildeyere and Ebbeyere which belong to Westoe, suggesting salmon yares. Their precise location is unknown, however.

Easting

435000

Northing

566000

Grid Reference

NZ435000566000

Sources

<< HER 4485 >> G.B. Hodgson, 1903, The Borough of South Shields, p 38-39, 40-41, 47-49