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The Dog and Duck – Mathewsgreen Road, Emmbrook
Up to 1901
The Dog and Duck at Emmbrook started life as a beer house. Absolom Deane received the first
licence in 1851 when he was 80 years old (and described in the census as a gardener). Brakspears
Brewery bought it in 1857 and by 1901 it was an attractive public house in a rural setting.
From: Wokingham – A Pictorial History / J&R Lea
1901 to 2011
The sign now shows a black dog, thought to be an Irish water spaniel, gazing up at a duck in flight.
