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At ‘‘Mount Pleasant” lived Mr. Abraham Constable; and a view of 
the house in 1825 is given in Plate 60. It originally consisted of a 
ground and first floor, but a second floor was added as shown in the 
drawing. Mr. Constable is said to have been the last man in 
Lewisham to wear a queue. The house was subsequently tenanted 
by Mr. Richard Constable, and from 1852 to 1859 by the Rev. John 
Holdsworth Morgan as a school. It was pulled down about 1860, 
and Mount Pleasant Road subsequently formed through the centre 
of the estate. 
At the corner of George Lane stood another villa known as 
‘‘The Maples,” a view of which about 1830 is shown in Plate 61. 
PLATE 61.—‘‘ THE MAPLES,” CORNER OF GEORGE LANE, ABOUT 1830. 
The pond in the front disappeared in later years. The house was 
occupied by Mr. Thomas Tanner, and later by Mr. Castendick, 
Mr. (Sir) John Aird, and others. It was pulled down in 1890, and 
Roxley Road was built on the site, together with the shops Nos. 
389 to 4o1 in the High Street. 
George Lane, so named from the ‘ George” Inn, which now 
stands at the south-east corner, is a comparatively modern road. 
It is not shown on the maps of 1745 (Rocque and others), and may 
