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Stew pond

A stew pond or stewpond or stew is a fish pond used to store live fish ready for eating.

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Stew pond at Newstead Abbey, a former Augustinian priory in Nottinghamshire, England source ↗

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

In medieval Europe, monasteries often maintained attached stews to supply fish over the winter.

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  1. Nash, Colin (2011) The History of Aquaculture p. 28–29, John Wiley and Sons. ISBN 978-0-8138-2163-4.