Hebburn, pech' yar' Fishery

Pech' yar' in 1128, Petthiare in 1195, cuiusdam Gocie piscarie vocate Pedyhare in 1325, Pech yare, Peth yar(e) in 1430 and 1438-9, Peth yair in 1378, Peteyare in 1313. 'Peth' is old English for a hollow or deep cutting in a road. 'Gocie' is probably a latinization of 'gota' meaning a watercourse, channel or stream. Owned by Durham priory. The main catch would have been salmon, but in fact a wider range of fish would have been taken (eg. Eels, pike, minnow, burbot, trout and lamprey' {G.N. Garmondsway (ed), 1939, 'Aelfric's Colloquy', pp 101-2}.