106 BOROUGH OF LEWISHAM. 
Campshill House—part of the property of Norfolk College, 
Greenwich—was built in 1820 by Mr. Henry Lee, and perpetuates 
the name of Kemp Hill, a name which appears in rentals and other 
documents of the 15th and 16th centuries, and seems to be derived 
from a family named Kemp, who were owners or occupiers in the 
14th century. 
On the site of the houses opposite Lanier Road was a villa 
with a duck pond, once the residence of the Spring Rices, whilst 
at the corner of George Lane, on other property of Norfolk College, 
was a small villa called Highfield Cottage, which was afterwards 
rebuilt and known as Beacon Lodge. ‘Ihis in its turn has given 
place to shops. 
In Duncrievie Road, near Hither Green Railway Station, 
PLATE 46.—OweEn’s SHop, 304 HIGH STREET, LEWISHAM, ABOUT 1840. 
was North Park Farmhouse, the farm lands extending over the 
district now -occupied by Brownhill Road and others adjoining. 
The lands on the western side of Hither Green Lane formed 
South Park Farm. This part of the district—some 300 acres— 
was the property of the Earl of St. Germans (as Lord of the Manor 
of Catford), who sold the whole for building purposes. A railway 
station on the Main and Dartford Loop Lines was opened at 
Hither Green on 1st June, 1895. A large town of some 15,000 
inhabitants has now sprung up, and the entire area will shortly 
