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was also known as the "Wigeon Pond." In 1886 it was said not
to have been in use for twenty years. The second name was used
by Payne-Gallwey, but Mr. E. A. Fitch ascertained that Mr.
Richard Solley has never held this decoy, and for this reason
Christy adopted the first name.
17. Gore Decoy is on Harvey's Farm in Goldhanger parish
(detached portion), about half a mile east of No. 16, and close to
the sea and the west end of Gore Saltings, from which it derives
its name. Payne-Gallwey, writing in 1886, states that it was
known as the Tollesbury Gore Decoy, and that although worked
in present memory it had not been in use for many years.
18. Skinner's Wick Decoy is within a hundred paces of
the shore and opposite to Gore Decoy, across the creek in which
are Gore Saltings. It is in Tolleshunt D'Arcy parish and takes
its name from the farm on which it is situated. Payne-Gallwey
gives it the additional name of Whitehouse Decoy, but Christy
points out that no portion of this decoy is situated on White-
house Farm. Payne-Gallwey states that it was a very successful
decoy, which had been given up thirty years previously, about
1856, and that it had been worked by Mr. Smith's father, who is
referred to under Great Oakley Hall Decoy. It had eight pipes.
Dr. J. W. Campbell points out that on the map in A History of
the Birds of Essex this decoy is placed too far to the west and too
far inland.
19. Bohun's Hall Decoy, which takes its name from a
neighbouring residence, is situated on the north side of Old Mill
Creek, a quarter of a mile west from Mill Point and rather over
one mile and a half south from Tollesbury. It is situated on
"Decoy Farm," and is the one named "Left Decoy" on the
one-inch and other Ordnance Maps. It was large, had eight
pipes, and formerly possessed a set of poles and nets for taking
Pochards, but in 1886 was said to have been out of use for many
years. This decoy was at one time held by Mr. Richard Solly.
Dr. J. W. Campbell points out that on the map in A History of
the Birds of Essex this decoy is placed too far to the west.
20. Old Hall Decoy (No. 1) lies in Tollesbury parish close
to Pennyhole Fleet on the Old Hall Marshes, which cover the
peninsula of land between Salcot Creek and Tollesbury Fleet
North Channel. Sir R. Payne-Gallwey recorded that the pool
covered fourteen acres and had eight pipes, but Christy states
that these are both wrong, although eight pipes are shown on
the six-inch and twenty-five-inch Ordnance maps. Christy and
E. A. Fitch inspected the decoy in June, 1888, and learned then
that it was about two acres in extent and had six pipes, but at one
time it had had seven, the two south-easterly ones having been