Monument record 0193600000 - BOARSTALL DUCK DECOY

Summary

Historical records and field survey of duck decoy first noted in the seventeenth century

Protected Status/Designation

  • Archaeological Notification Area: 17th century decoy pond (DBC9373)
  • Local Heritage List 4761: BOARSTALL DUCK DECOY (DBC10799)
  • SHINE: Boarstall post medieval duck decoy earthworks and Boarstall Tower & medieval to post medieval deserted village earthworks & medieval moated manor earthworks with associated ridge and furrow cultivation earthworks (DBC7463)

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Type and Period (1)

  • DECOY POND (17th Century to Modern - 1600 AD to 1945 AD)

Description

Plan Form - Subrectangular.
1 of 4 working decoys remaining in England (B7,B10).
Appears on maps of 1697 & 1788 (B1,B8).
In commercial use till late 1950'S; restored from 1963 after period of neglect (B8).
Now a nature reserve. Details of how decoys work, map of pond, plan of S pipe (B4).
National Trust survey (B9).

Sources (10)

  • <1>SBC6714 Map: Thomas Jefferys. 1770. [Map of] The County of Buckingham. Printed map. Linen. 1 inch:1 mile.
  • <2>SBC26951 Bibliographic reference: George Lipscomb. 1847. The History and Antiquities of the County of Buckingham (Volume 1). Volume 1. pp88-89.
  • <3>SBC19727 Bibliographic reference: James Joseph Sheahan. 1862. History and Topography of Buckinghamshire. p334.
  • <4>SBC4532 Bibliographic reference: G Eland. 1923. IN BUCKS PP104-116 (PHOTOCOPY, FILED).
  • <5>SBC10386 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1958. OS 1958 6IN MAP (1:10560). 1:10,560.
  • <6>SBC16353 Bibliographic reference: Wildfowlers' Association of Great Britain and Ireland. 1970. BOARSTALL DUCK DECOY (COPY, FILED).
  • <7>SBC9894 Unpublished document: National Trust. 1986. BIOLOGICAL SURVEY: BOARSTALL DUCK DECOY & TOWER.
  • <8>SBC6879 Verbal communication: JPP 1989 (NOV) PERS COMM.
  • <9>SBC8268 Unpublished document: W L Matthews. 1989. THE NATIONAL TRUST ARCHAEOLOGICAL SURVEY: BOARSTALL DUCK DECOY (COPY, FILED).
  • <10>SBC28417 Bibliographic reference: Andrew Heaton. 2001. Duck Decoys. pp33, 34.

Location

Grid reference Centred SP 62354 15095 (317m by 306m) (2 map features)
Civil Parish BOARSTALL, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Nov 20 2025 2:30PM

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