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From The Muniment Room, a resource for social history, family history, and local history.

‘Mrs Willis sent me a Wild Duck and a Teal which came this day from her Decoy at Stoneham.’ -Rev William Cole, 14 Feb 1767

North Stoneham Decoy was a duck decoy pond on the Stoneham Estate at North Stoneham Farm, a quarter of a mile west of the River Itchen, to which it was connected.

Ralph Payne-Gallwey writing in 1886 suggested that the Decoy was constructed around 1806^[1], but it was older. In 1763, James Sharp received £25 9s for 'his years wages for taking care of the Decoy Pond due of 3d of Feby. & his Bill of Expenses'^[2]. The decoy at North Stoneham was mentioned by Rev. William Cole in 1767.

The Decoy Pond was in use until about 1874^[3].

Tenants

• William & Edward Snook (1837^[4])

Gazetteer

• Decoy Pond Cottages

References

1. ↑ Ralph Payne-Gallwey, The Book of Duck Decoys: Their Construction, Management, and History‎ (1886) p.95. www.decoymans.co.uk
2. ↑ Disbursements of the Fleming Estate, 1763
3. ↑ Payne-Gallwey, op. cit.
4. ↑ Trust deed to bar entail, 1837  (WFMS:208 | HRO 102M71/T11)