THE BOOK OF DUCK DECOYS. | |
| This Decoy, which has but a single pipe, was planned by Page, Decoyman to Sir Savile Crossley at Fritton Lake, and is on the verge of the sea. Friston 3 miles SE. of Saxmundham, a mile N. of the River Alde, and the same distance south of Friston, the remains of an old Decoy, long disused, may here be seen. It lies to the left of the road leading from Aldeburgh to Snape and Friston, and is on the property of Mr. Wentworth of Wentworth Castle. It has not been used for fifty years, and no particulars concerning it are now available. Brantham 1 mile N. of Manningtree, near the inland extremity, and on the north bank, of the Stour estuary.-This was a Dunbird or Pochard pond, as well as possessing three Decoy pipes, and was ruined when the Great Eastern Railway cut right through its immediate vicinity. It is still a topic of conversation near Manningtree, amongst the old fowlers, of how on one occasion 80 dozen Dunbirds were once taken at the Brantham pond at one rise of the net. Flixton 2½ miles WNW. from Lowestoft-The remains of an old Decoy are to be found on a pool of some 16 acres at Flixton. The date of its construction has not been ascertained, and though traces of the pipes are still visible, Mr. Southwell was informed in 1878 that it had been then disused for at least fifty years. It formerly belonged to the Morse family. Worlingham, 7 miles WSW. of Lowestoft.-A Decoy existed here, of which the Author has been unable to obtain any particulars. Campsey Ash.-The same may be said of the Decoy here, 1½ miles SE. of Wickham Market. It is on the River Deben, and once formed part of the belongings of Campsey Ash Abbey. | |
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