jan 1, 1544 - fish house

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A storehouse for fish, possibly where business with the panniermen took place. in 1292-4 the demesne lands of Meaux Abbey included <i>Fyshuses, </i>said to be in Ottringham, but now lost (YRS151/322). Other examples include: 1353 <i>ad littararias aque de Hull apud le Fischehowses</i> (ERAS1/37); 1539 <i>lying at the ende of Whytby brige betwixt the see and the fysch howse</i> (MC364). In 1544-5 no fewer than 74 timber trees were provided <i>for the fishe house Clowe upon hull water bank in holderness</i> (DD/RA/f/4a). The Wawne field-name Fishers Close was linked by Smith with <i>Fishus</i>, recorded in 1292 (PNER45).

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