South London . d up in a bookof several plants kept dry, which preserve colour, however,and look very finely, better than a Herball. In fine, a mostexcellent person he is, and must be allowed a little forconceitedness ; but he may well be so, being a man somuch above others. His memory survives on account of the personal characterof the man which is revealed in his works, and of the highopinion in which he was held. A typical instance, says hislatest biographer ( Diet, of Nat. Biog.), of the accomplishedand public-spirited country gentleman of the Restoration, a HELOW BRIDGE ^y) pious and devo
South London . d up in a bookof several plants kept dry, which preserve colour, however,and look very finely, better than a Herball. In fine, a mostexcellent person he is, and must be allowed a little forconceitedness ; but he may well be so, being a man somuch above others. His memory survives on account of the personal characterof the man which is revealed in his works, and of the highopinion in which he was held. A typical instance, says hislatest biographer ( Diet, of Nat. Biog.), of the accomplishedand public-spirited country gentleman of the Restoration, a HELOW BRIDGE ^y) pious and devoted member of the Church of England, and astaunch loyalist in spite of his grave disapproval of themanners of the court. Above all things, it might be added,he was a gardener, and all gardeners are amiable and allgardeners are personally popular. Of Greenwich Palace I have already spoken. There islittle else in Greenwich except the Palace or Hospital. TheAlmshouse known as Norfolk College must not be forgotten,. GEORGE HOTEL, BOROUGH however. It is on the east side of the Hospital, and standsbehind a stone terrace, overlooking the river. The Collegeconsists of a quadrangle containing a chapel and a smallhall or common room, with gardens at the back. This kindof almshouse is common, but it is difficult to build it so thatit .shall not be beautiful. Norfolk College is quite a beautifulplace. Finer and larger is Morden College, up the hill,designed for decayed merchants. 240 SOUTH LONDON This is the end of London : a few yards beyond NorfolkCollege the houses stop suddenly: on the tongue of landprojecting north formed by a loop of the river there arehardly any houses at all: the place is a dreary flat as faras Woolwich. The London County Council limits includeWoolwich and Plumstead; but that broad area coveredby continuous houses which begins at Battersea ends atGreenwich. 241 CHAPTER XIII THE LATER SANCTUARY The Sanctuary created and crossed by the Church for therefuge of those w
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