Chelsea. Cheselden was
for many years, surgeon of Chelsea Hospital.

[Picture: The Swan Tavern]

Standing by the Ferry is the Swan Tavern, a characteristic old house,
with a garden attached, looking on to the river, and scarcely altered in
any of its features since Chatelaine published his views of "The most
agreeable Prospects near London," about 1740. It is a good specimen of a
waterside inn, and appears to have been erected about the time of William
III.

At the foot of the bridge is 'The Eight Bells' public-house, where the
Fulham omnibuses leave for London.

[Picture: Approach to Putney Bridge]

Bridge Street brings us to the point at which we turned off at the
termination of the High Street, and on the right-hand side as we look
towards London is Church Street (formerly Windsor Street, according to
Faulkner), leading up to the Ship Tavern, and thence into the King's
Road.

The Charity School is in Church Street. This building was erected in
1811.

Retracing our steps towards London, we come to the George at Walham
Green, which turns off to the left. The church stands on the right hand
side. Opposite Walham House, near the church, is North End Lodge, the
residence of the late Mr. Albert Smith, and where he died on the 23rd
May, 1860. As novelist, dramatist, and lecturer, he had achieved
considerable reputation; and his unexpected death, at the early age of
forty-four, brought to a sudden close the most popular monologue
entertainment of this, or of any, time. Mr. Smith was an amusing writer
and a most genial companion, and was ever ready to assist a professional
brother in the hour of need. Against the brick wall, close to the gate
of North End Lodge, is a slab with the inscription "From Hyde Park
Corner, 3 miles 17 yards." We are now in North End, where there are many
houses of interest which deserve attention; we will therefore go out of
the direct road and return to London by way of North End.

CHAPTER VI.

NORTH END.

NORTH END may be described as a series of residences on each side the
lane, more than a mile in length, which runs from the church at Walham
Green to the main road from Kensington to Hammersmith. There were but
few houses in it when Faulkner published his map in 1813. Market gardens
were on both sides the road, and the gardeners cottagers were very old.
[Picture: Panelled Door] The panelled door, here represented, was f