New Inn
The Three Legged Cross was known as
the New inn up until the mid 1900's, when it was renamed by Simmond's brewery.
A note on the BFS website says that "This location is of great historic significance,
being connected with the old Georgian Butchers on Avery Lane (next to the Pub),
and the fact that the Drovers once used the Pub, and, it was an old toll road Pub as well.
It traces the history of "Roads", and the vehicles, from the horse, through horse drawn vehicles,
and through to the present day transport.
Read more Here
Garth Hunt
The Garth hunt, which was very
fashionable in the 1920's and '30s, would convene at the New Inn on hunting days. They
would drink from the stirrup cup, and quaff pints of ale. The hunt has now moved
elsewhere.
Kennel lane in Garth (Priestwood 2) remains as one of the few reminders of this past.
Ghost
Rumour has it that the landlord of the
pub in the early 1900's banned a Gypsy woman for being drunk and disorderly. She put a
curse on him that made him so ill that he had to move away. It is thought that the
ghost of the Gypsy can be heard banging about the pub at times.
A fishy story
Memories of Bracknell Forest: Public Houses & Inns from the BF Heritage site
here