68 BOROUGH OF LEWISHAM. 
‘‘Queen Elizabeth’s Well” is shown. The irregular triangle 
bounded by the last-named roads and Royal Parade has been 
obviously enclosed from the Heath—probably during the 18th 
century—as also the portion now occupied by Lloyd’s Place. The 
‘* Three Tuns”’ in Tranquil Vale is mentioned in Lewisham Parish 
Registers in 1737, when Richardson Headley, the ‘innkeeper, was 
buried. Other. Blackheath hostelries mentioned in the registers 
of the same year are the ‘‘ Harrow” and the ‘‘ Crooked Billet. 
They were then distinct houses, but whether they are both now 
represented by the ‘‘ Hare and Billet” it is difficult to say. 
The ground now occupied by the pits in front of Royal Parade 
is shown as ‘‘Gilbert’s Piece”’ in 1695, and cpposite the ‘‘ Hare 
and Billet”’ was.a portion called ‘‘ Beggars’ Bush,” a cross marking 
the meeting of the roads. The part known as Blackheath Vale is 
an enclosure from the Heath, and was formerly a gravel pit. As 
previously described, the two windmills occupied the site of Mill 
House and Talbot Place. 
Grote’s Buildings and Eliot Place date from the 18th century, 
the former being apparently a little earlier than the latter, the 
houses in which appear in the “View of Blackheath by Moonlight,” 
published by Carrington Bowles in 1770 (Plate 13). One of the 
houses in Eliot Place is dated 1792, and one in Eliot Vale 1805. 
Grote’s Buildings are part of the Morden College Estate, and 
occupy ground anciently known as Ancock's Hill. The remainder 
of this side of the Heath and the southern slope generally, from 
Grote’s Buildings to Granville Park and Eliot Hill, is the property 
of the Earl of St. Germans. 
The Orchard and Aberdeen Terrace enclosures are the property 
of the Earl of Dartmouth. Holly Hedge House was originally an 
enclosure for a windmill. It was occupied by the Rev. the Hon. 
Henry Legge during his long tenure of the Vicarage of Lewisham 
(1831 to 1879). Since that time it has become the headquarters of 
the 2nd Vol. Batt.. Royal West Kent Regiment (now the 2oth 
London Battalion), Of the houses in Dartmouth Row we shall 
speak separately. 
Granville Park was formed about 1850, and subsequently Eliot 
Park. Oakcroft Road has been made within the last few years on 
the grounds of the house known as ‘‘ The Knoll.” 
No account of Blackheath would be complete without some 
reference, however brief, to its place in British sports. Golf, foot- 
ball, cricket, all-have flourished here. The Royal Blackheath Golf 
Club was the first club formed.in the South of England, and is said 
to owe its origin to James I, who brought the game with him from 
Scotland. However this may be, it is certain that the club was a 
fully-organised body in 1766,'since it possesses a silver club bearing 
the inscription, ‘‘ August 16, 1766, the gift of Mr. Henry Foot to” 
the Honourable Company of Goffers at Blackheath.” The course 
then appears to have been a five-hole one, altered in 1844 to seven 
holes. Nowadays the game is sadly restricted, owing to the 
