THE PARISH CHURCH TO RUSHEY GREEN. 139 
for many years—several are shown as existing on the maps of 
1745, etc. The majority of these were small cottages, interspersed 
with villas, but they have all been rebuilt of recent years. No. 127 
still remains (1908) as a specimen of the weather-boarded houses of 
the 18th century, but much altered. The public house known as 
the ‘‘Black Horse and Harrow,’ first appears in the Parish 
Registers for the year 1700, under the name of the ‘‘ Harrow, 
Rushy Green,’’ when it was held by one William Balthire. 
Turning to the western side of the High Road we have already 
traced its story as far as Bradgate Road. From this point to the 
turning to Catford Bridge the ground is shown in Rocque’s map 
(1745) as unoccupied by buildings except a block opposite ‘‘ The 
PLATE 64.—THE Lawn View OF “THE PRIORY,” ABOUT 1835. 
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Priory Farm.” These were probably the old wooden cottages 
formerly standing at the corner of Willow Walk. The change in 
. this part of Rushey Green is due to the enclosure of the common 
lands in 1810, when the open part of the green (about 10 acres) 
was enclosed, the portion now occupied by the Fire Station, Town 
Hall, and Hatcliffe’s Almshouses being allotted to the parish as 
compensation for loss of any common rights the parish, as such, 
claimed. The various cottages and shops now existing date from 
‘this time, but a considerable number have recently been rebuilt. 
The three houses at the corner of Holbeach Road (formerly ‘‘ The 
Retreat ’’), known as James Place, were built in 1830. 
