Monument record 0410700000 - NEAR TYTHROP HOUSE

Summary

Possible post-medieval decoy pond marked on ordnance survey map and in documentary sources

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Type and Period (1)

  • DECOY POND (Post-Medieval - 1540 AD to 1798 AD)

Description

NOT USED AS DECOY POND WITHIN LIVING MEMORY. WORD 'DECOY' STILL APPEARS ON THE MAP THERE. NOW LITTLE LIKE DECOY POND BEING NOTHING MORE THAN A WITHY BED. NO SIGN OF PIPE DISCERNIBLE OR KNOWN TO KEEPER WHO HAS BEEN THERE FOR MANY YEARS (B1). MARKS 'DECOY' POND CENTRED AT NGR (B2).

Sources (2)

  • <1>SBC4521 Bibliographic reference: ELAND G 1923 IN BUCKS P116.
  • <2>SBC10400 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1960. OS 1960 6-INCH MAP. 1:10,560.

Location

Grid reference Centred SP 7292 0716 (230m by 100m)
Civil Parish KINGSEY, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

May 5 2009 12:10PM

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