156 BOROUGH OF LEWISHAM. 
(1745), which was pulled down many years ago. Nearer Bromley 
is Holloway Farm, on the property of the Earl of Northbrook. 
The farmhouse is now on the eastern side of the road, but was 
formerly on the western side, a portion of the old house forming 
part of the gate house of Bromley Hill Place.. The farm was held 
for nearly 200 years by the Valentine family, members of which 
occupied many parochial offices and entered largely into the life of 
the place. 
A large part of Bromley Hill Place, including the house, is in 
the Borough of Lewisham. It was the seat of the Rt. Hon. Sir 
Charles Long, G.c.B., who was created Baron Farnborough in 
1826. He added much to the house and improved the grounds, 
and there entertained George IV, William IV, and Queen Adelaide. 
The estate is now being opened up for building. 
All this portion of the Borough is in the Manor of Shroffolds, 
which commences at the ‘‘ Tiger’s Head,” in Southend, takes in 
part of Beckenham Place, Bromley Hill Place, part of Plaistow, and 
the lands of Shroffold and Holloway Farms, which are the property 
of the Earl of Northbrook, as Lord of the Manor. 
Here, at the top of Bromley Hill, we take our leave of the 
Borough of Lewisham, tired it may be by the length of our journey, 
but interested, let us hope, in the story of its past and of its growth. 
The rush of modern life has left us but few relics of bygone days, 
but the preceding pages will have shown, however imperfectly, that 
beneath the dull monotony of modern streets and villas, almost 
every foot of ground has its own story, which is intertwined with 
that of the Borough of which it is a part. 
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