There was a large brick house, called “Eagle House,” which was afterwards used for a boys’ school. This was destroyed by fire, and Mr. Chassereau, the owner, had Norma-villas and Eagle-avenue erected on the site. Eaton House came next; Miss Toogood was owner and occupier. Then there was a very old-fashioned white-fronted house, which was unoccupied for a great many years, and the garden became overgrown with thistles and weeds. A Quaker lady named Coare kept a school here, and it was the scene of my mother’s earliest school days. About the year 1845 the house was demolished and two semi-detached houses erected. The tenant of one house kept a horse and chaise with a hood to it, and as there was no side entrance or accommodation for either, the horse was always led through the hall into the garden, where a temporary shed was erected, and the chaise was kept in the front garden, opposite the drawing-room window. Then came two large detached houses, only one of which now stands. The other, with the two white houses just mentioned, also Eaton House, were recently purchased by the Tottenham Urban District Council, and the Municipal Buildings erected. Lastly came a pretty white house, the residence of Mr. Benjamin Godfrey Windus. He was the possessor of some very fine paintings by Turner, and once a week he kindly allowed the public to see them, by ticket of admission. A few years after his death the house was taken down. With gardens, orchards, and meadows the land comprised 31 acres, 3 rods, 37 poles, and reached up what was then called West Green-road (now Philip-lane) as far as where the last of Stowe-villas now stands. Then there were fields as far as West Green Common. Crossing over the road there was a good sized house and grounds. Next came a field with a stile at each end and footpath across. By the side of the field there was a road or carriage drive to DOWNHILLS. This was the property of Rowland Stephenson, Esq., and when he died it was, in 1808, offered for sale by auction by Messrs. Skinner, Dyke, Tuckin, and Forest, at Garraway’s Coffee House, Change Alley, London, in seven lots. The house was described as “The truly desirable residence of the late Rowland Stephenson, Esq., situated at Mount Pleasant, West Green, Tottenham, on a delightful eminence, commanding rich and picturesque prospects and agreeably remove from the public roads, and forming one of the most complete residences in the county.” The estate included a productive farm and lands containing three hundred and thirty acres, lying nearly within a ring fence. At this time the House was called “Mount Pleasant.” When I first knew it it was known as “Downhills.” Later on for a short time it was called “Uplands,” but in its last days was again called Downhills, when it was purchased by the Tottenham Urban District Council.