THE BOOK OF DUCK DECOYS. | |||
Decoys in use. | |||
Marsh House. Grange. | Old Hall. | ||
Decoys out of use.. | |||
| Glebeland Decoy. East Hall. West Wick. South Hall. Ramsey Island. Steeple. Latch ington. Goldhanger (1). Goldhanger (2). Solleys. Gore. Skinner's Wick. Bohun's Hall |
Old Hall (Teal Pond). Mersea Island. Lion Point. Old Mose Hall. Great Oakley Hall. Horsey Island. Dovercourt. Roydon Hall. The Old Decoy. Jacques Hall. Pond Hall. Wormingford. Villa Farm. | ||
| The Marsh House Decoy is in Bradwell Marsh, south of the Blackwater. This Decoy is situated on property belonging to the Dean and Chapter of St. Paul's, and is in the occupation of Mr. Robert Page of Bradwell. The pool is rather more than an acre in extent, and, like that in the adjoining marsh at Tillingham, has six pipes, and both pools closely resemble the Friskney Decoy (page 122). In a map of Essex of 1825, prepared from a survey made in 1824, three Decoys are shown on the coast south of the Blackwater. The northernmost of the three, known as the Glebeland Decoy, Bradwell-juxta-Mare, has been disused for more than sixty years; the southernmost is that still worked in Tillingham Marsh by Mr. C. Page, and the centre one is that now under consideration. It lies ¾ of a mile due west from the coast, and 1¾ miles E. of Tillingham, and at a distance looks like a clump of trees upon the marsh. It is not a large pool, but is very secluded and well concealed by reeds and brushwood. It has six pipes, the hoops of which are of wood. At times a good many Wigeon are taken here, although in some years these birds almost entirely desert this Decoy in favour of that at Tillingham in the adjoining marsh. | |||
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