THE PARISH CHURCH TO RUSHEY GREEN. 131 
contains particulars of poor rates from 1764 to 1769. From this 
we gather that the average rate for the poor was ts. 6d. per 
annum in those years, and that a rate of 6d. in the £ produced 
4184 7s. 
The Workhouse in the early part of last century was situated 
nearly opposite the ‘‘George” Inn. The first portion of the present 
building was erected in 1821, and it was considerably enlarged in 
1884. 
Until the year 1884 the site from the Workhouse to Thackeray’s 
Almshouses was occupied by a house known as “The Priory,” with its 
gardens and adjoining grounds, which extended in the rear to the 
present Recreation Ground (Plate 64.) The house, of which portions 
PLATE 58.—EXCHEQUER PLACE, HiGi STREET, LEWISHAM. 
still remain in the present shops, notably No. 418, which was the 
entrance hall, was a sham Gothic structure of the early part of the 
1gth century, and must not be confused with the medizval Priory, 
which stood on the other side of the road nearer Catford. 
Amongst those who have occupied the house, mention must 
be made of Mr. John Thackeray, who in 1840 built and endowed 
the six almshouses called by his name. He died in 1851, and is 
commemorated by his almshouses, and a large monument in the 
Parish Church, now placed on the wall over the western arch. 
The property was sold in 1884-5, when Albacore Crescent, 
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