English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Decoy Plantation

Other OS name in the Parish of Little Coates

Historical Forms

  • Decoy Pln. 1828 Bry

Etymology

( lost , approx . TA 237 084 ) , Decoy Pl n.1828 Bry , cf. Decoy c.1759MapGrims , the reference is no doubt to a duck decoy .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement