Stew pond

A stew pond or stew is a fish pond used to store live fish ready for eating. [1]

During the Middle Ages, stews were often attached to monasteries, to supply fish over the winter.

References

  1. ↑ Brandon, Peter (2003). The Kent & Sussex Weald. Phillimore & Co Ltd. p. 120. ISBN 978-1860772412.
  • Nash, Colin (2011) The History of Aquaculture p. 28–29, John Wiley and Sons. ISBN 978-0-8138-2163-4.
  • Woolrych, Humphry William (1853) A treatise of the law of waters p. 133, T & J W Johnson.

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