Monument record ASY 005 - Fritton Decoy (Med)

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Summary

Fritton Decoy, probably former medieval turbary.

Location

Grid reference Centred TG 481 003 (2783m by 1571m)
Map sheet TG40SE
Civil Parish SOMERLEYTON, ASHBY AND HERRINGFLEET, WAVENEY, SUFFOLK
County NORFOLK

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Type and Period (1)

Full Description

Fritton Decoy. Work by J Ridgard on the account rolls for Fritton 1317/8 found that 76% of the manorial income was derived from turbary (the extraction of peat). Over half a million sods of peat removed that year (S1). Seems likely that Fritton Decoy was formed as a result of peat-digging, as were the Norfolk Broads. Later developed as a duck decoy - referred to as `Fritton Decoys' on Bowen's & Hodskinson's maps of 1755 & 1783 (S2)(S4). Tithes of Turbary and `Askeby' worth 25s 4d in 1341 Inquisition of Ninths (S3).
Also PMed.

Sources/Archives (4)

  • --- Cartographic materials: Bowen E. 1755. Accurate Map of the County of Suffolk.
  • <S1> (No record type): Scarfe N, The Suffolk Landscape, 1972, 182.
  • <S2> Cartographic materials: Hodskinson, J.. 1783. The County of Suffolk surveyed.
  • <S3> (No record type): Royal Commission, `Inquisitiones Nonarum' 1807, 82.

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Record last edited

Oct 3 2016 11:06AM

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