84 BOROUGH OF LEWISHAM. 
often found in country villages, with a porch to the main entrance. 
In the 19th century this latter was removed, and the front 
considerably modernized (and spoilt). It was pulled down in 1899, 
when the present shops (Nos. go and 92) were built on the site, and 
the licensed premises 
needlessly renamed 
‘‘The Salisbury,” were 
moved a little north- | 
wards to their present 
position. 
Lewisham (or 
Watch-house) Green 
included the whole 
of the ‘‘island” be- 
tween Lewis Grove 
and High Street. It 
was enclosed in 1810. 
The yeomanry are 
said to have encamped 
there in the early part 
of the 1gth century, 
during the Napoleon 
scare. The Cage and 
Stocks stood on the 
site now occupied by 
the London and Pro- 
vincial Bank. Repre- PLATE 29.—THE CAGE, LEWISHAM, ABOUT 1840. 
sentations are given in 
the accompanying sketches. The last occupants were burnt alive. 
It is supposed that they set the straw, given them as bedding, alight 
by smoking, the constable who held the key could not be found, and 
the unfortunate 
men were liter- 
ally roasted to 
death. The last 
occupant of the 
Stocks is said 
to have been 
placed there- 
in for abus- 
ing ‘* Squire” 
Thackeray, one 
of the local 
Justices, who 
was dispen- 
sing the law 
at the ‘Lion 
‘and Lamb” 
PLATE 30.—THE StTocKS, LEWISHAM, ABOUT 1840. opposite. 
