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Decoy Ho

Other OS name in the Parish of North Kelsey

Historical Forms

  • Old Decoy Ho. 1828 Bry

Etymology

, 1824 O , 1830 Gre , Old Decoy Ho .1828 Bry , cf. the Duck Coy Closes (sic)1762Terrier , the Decoy 1767Nelthorpe , 1767Stubbs , 1790Monson , Decoy House Closes 1812Dixon , self - explanatory .