THE PARISH CHURCH TO RUSHEY GREEN. 129 
Abraham Colfe for the purpose of establishing his almshouses and 
reading school, and to form part of the endowment of his educa- 
tional schemes. On the ground now occupied by the almshouses 
was a house and tanyard, which had belonged to Jasper Valentine, 
Mrs. Colfe’s former husband. This house was held of the Manor 
of Brockley. Where the villas Nos. 380 to 386 High Street stand 
PLATE 57.—Mr. WoopuHam's Hovse, HIGH STREET (NOW No. 394). 
was a house built by Mr. Michael Frisby in 1628, on ground which 
also belonged to Jasper Valentine. The house on this side was 
afterwards known as Yew Tree House, and subsequently as Dart- 
mouth House, and was demolished in 1861. The present villas 
were erected in 1871. 
