THE BOOK OF DUCK DECOYS. | |
| The Decoy, however, has long been abandoned, not having been worked since 1820, as a few years previously (1813), an Act was passed for the enclosure of waste lands in this part of the county, which destroyed its avocation. Phelps ("Hist. Somerset," vol. i. P. 49), writing at the beginning of this century, thus alludes to the Decoy :- "The country is flat and marshy, and there is a large moor called Ken Moor, adjoining to that of Nailsea, in which is a Decoy pond, these levels being frequented by great numbers of Aquatic fowl." | |
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DECOYS IN THE COUNTY OF STAFFORD. | |
Decoys in use. None. | Decoys not in use. Chillington. |
| Chillington, near Wolverhampton, the property of Mr. Walter T. C. Giffard, consists of two pipes attached to a large lake of 100 acres. It was constructed by Mr. W. Giffard, the uncle of the present proprietor, in the year 1825, and was regularly worked up to 1883-4; but now, owing to the amount of repair necessary, is at present discontinued. The best season here realized 800 fowl; but Mr. Giffard informs the Author, the takes have not of late years approached to near that figure. | |