76 BOROUGH OF LEWISHAM. 
Dartmouth Terrace, on the opposite side of the hill, was built 
about the year 1820. 
Facing the foot of Lewisham Hill is Heath Terrace, built in 
1854. On the site of the shops adjoining Heath Terrace was 
formerly an old wooden house called ‘‘The Manor House,” the 
residence of Mr. Bennett, a friend of Charles Dickens, who, of 
course, is said to have written at least one of his books whilst on a 
visit here. It was the property of the Lord of the Manor. 
The advent of the North Kent Railway in 1849 made great 
changes in the immediate surroundings. Granville Park was laid 
out for building about 1850, and the old ‘‘ Plough” Inn was pulled 
down and rebuilt. Views of the old house from paintings are given 
PLATE 23.—THE ‘‘ PLOUGH” INN, ABOUT 1820. 
in Plates 23 and 24. A small low bridge here spanned the Quaggy 
for carts, a wooden plank bridge sufficing for foot passengers 
This part is marked the ‘*‘ Water splash,” in Rocque’s map of 1745, 
but the name does not occur elsewhere. The Quaggy joins the 
Ravensbourne at the rear of the ‘‘ Plough” garden, and runs towards 
the Silk Mill. This mill, as we have seen, was previously known 
as Armoury Mill, and in medizval times as Toddlesmill, being 
mentioned in the Court Rolls of the reign of Edward I, The mill 
pond has been filled in, and the site is now laid out as tennis courts. 
The greater part of the land in Lewisham Road, from 
Lewisham Hill to Morden Hill, is the property of the Lord of the 
Manor, and was formerly Lammas, or half-year land, stretching 
