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Calendar of Home Office Papers (George III)
… steps to have him apprehended. Great pains were taken to decoy him ashore, and, when that failed, they threatened to …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… 80 yards towards the S. The work was possibly a duck decoy. c(43). Mill-mound, with moat, 100 yards S. of Hatfield …
A History of the County of York East Riding
… the making of a new park, the construction of a large decoy lake, and the planting of woodland. 83 The park had …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… common and roads. In the vale of the Glaven is a large decoy for wild-fowl. The living is a discharged vicarage, …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… over the river and another three arches over an adjoining decoy; 42 it was frequently drawn by artists, including …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… were those later known as Bridge House, Holmebush, and Decoy House (so named after a decoy on the Brent). 25 In the lane leading to Renters Farm, … valley, away from the main centres of population, included Decoy Farm, demolished in 1935, 41 Renters Farm, Upper and …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… family of Hendon House, the freehold owners in 1754 of Decoy farm, which consisted of 99 a. north and west of Temple … Wyldes estate was leased to Thomas Clark, who also owned Decoy farm. 22 The college lands, which stretched northward …