Gossip & Legends

Linton is able to boast some royal visitors; notably Queen Elizabeth I, according to local legend. King Edward 7th visited Linton on a military exercise which is recorded on the front page of the Daily Mail of 20 September 1912, a copy of which is displayed in the pub for visitors to browse. More recently Prince Charles used to frequent a rather splendid restaurant in the High Street when studying at Cambridge a number of years ago.

One infamous visitor of yesteryear was Dick Turpin who, again according to local legend, would criss-cross the river Granta at Linton to confound his pursuers –although this is very probably true as his birthplace was just a few miles away in the village of Hempstead and he lived in Thaxted which, although in the County of Essex, is not so very far away.

If you should visit the Dog & Duck you will see a number of old pictures of past times displayed throughout the pub and various pieces of historic information are to be found on its walls.