Dog & Duck
Located on Forest Lane, which is now known as Station Road. In 1788 a meeting of the Vestry was held "at the house of John Wass, the Dog & Duck Inn".
In 1871 a local cricket team played against the All England Eleven, "on Clarkes Croft, near the Dog and Duck Inn". In 1876, William Clarke was also described as a "Farmer".
The property was demolished in March/April 2001 to clear the land for shops.
The known occupants were:
Wass John |
1788 |
Wass John |
1828-9 |
| Wass William | 1830 |
Wass Wm |
1832 |
Wass William |
1835 |
Wass Wm |
1841 |
Wass Wm |
1844 |
Wass Wm |
1848 |
Buxton John |
1851 |
| Buxton Jno. | 1853 |
| Clarke George | 1855 |
Clarke George |
1861 |
Clarke George |
1864 |
Clarke George |
1865 |
Clark George |
1869 |
Clarke William |
1871 |
Clarke William |
1872 |
Clarke Wm |
1874 |
Clarke William |
1876 |
Clarke William |
1877 |
Clarke William |
1881 |
Clarke William |
1883 |
Clark Wm |
1885-6 |
| Clarke William | 1888 |
| Clarke William | 1891 |
Clarke William |
1896-7 |
Clarke William |
1900 |
Watchorn Arthur |
1904 |
| Woodhouse William Isaac | 1912 |
| Bramley George | 1916 |
| Bramley George | 1922 |
| Brown Israel | 1928 |
Farrand Benj H |
1932 |
Farrand Benj H |
1941 |
Page updated 8th February 2005
Photograph taken 1998 by Heather Faulkes