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Elizabeth was to remain the publican until around 1863 (6). The rate book listed the pub as having assembly rooms, garden, yard, stables and building land (4). Elizabeth Hall was from Westerham in Kent, although had lived in Lewisham since 1825, possibly earlier, as Robert was born there. Miller was probably from Lewisham (his sister certainly was), he died in 1849, but his wife, Elizabeth, took over the tenancy – the owners were Roach and Hill (5) – helped by his son Robert, who was also listed as a licensed victualler in the 1851 census. The William Miller referred in the picture of the pub, was the landlord from around 1834, the previous landlord was a William Lance – he decided to return to his former trade as a hatmaker (4). The garden had a chestnut tree, in the picture below, which was said to have been planted in 1683 (3). The first mention of the pub was in parish registers in 1742 (2) It was originally at 40-42 the High Street and it seems to have had a garden or bowling green at the side of it – which was later built upon.
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It was almost opposite the Lewisham Tollgate – marked ‘Lewisham TH.’ ( Image on a Creative Commons from the National Library of Scotland). The two arms of the Quaggy were obvious in early Ordnance Survey maps, the Roebuck is the realtively large building just north of Rennell Street. This area was enclosed in 1810 and built upon. In between the two pubs was Plough Green, named after the Plough, and before the Enclosure Acts which allowed the wealthy and powerful to ‘enclose’ common land, there was an area of grass “Plough Green” roughly around the area of the old town centre roundabout it was home a St Thomas Day fair – the Green is shown below ( source on a Creative Commons) – the building shown was an early incarnation of the Roebuck. The other ‘arm’ had a pub too, the Plough, which Running Past covered a while ago.
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In recent times its address was in Rennell Street but originally it was located on the High Street next to one of the two arms of the Quaggy as it joined the Ravensbourne. The Roebuck was a Lewisham pub that dated back until at least the 1740s, possibly earlier.