This pub was formerly known as
The Old Dog & Duck

This pub was formerly known as The Old Dog & Duck, and we believe that the name came from the local sport on the pond at the rear of the property. Ducks were tethered and it was the game to see how long the dog would take to catch them.

The exact age of the building is not know, but in the years 1753 – 1773 between 8 and 10 publicans were shown for the parish of Rotherfield Greys in the Binfield Hundred, but none of these entries had public house names and it is not possible to identify the pubs.

1774 appears to be the year that publicans had to give sureties of £10 each to the Justices, as guarantee of good conduct in their pubs, as they had become such dens of vice and bad behaviour (where even the constables were afraid to risk there person). From 1785 the entries were made in September of each year. It seems publicans often stood surety for one another. Sometimes there were just blank pages so one assumes that, for one reason or another work was just not done.

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