The Life of a Great Sportsman 



specially designed by Mr. Wyatt, falls directly on the beautiful 

 white marble statue of Mrs. Pelham executed by the celebrated 

 sculptor Nolikins, and surely one of his finest works of art, 

 which stands alone in the centre of the chapel, enclosed by 

 thick brass rails. 



Even as a child, I can well remember how beautiful this 

 sculptured figure appeared to me, and quite recently when I 

 saw it again, and the custodian closed the door in the old 

 familiar manner, I felt a curious thrill when looking at it, 

 realizing, as I did, how the man who had loved her so well 

 thought no expense too great, no personal trouble too much, 

 to surround her even in death with undying marks of his 

 affection. 



Having visited the Mausoleum, one should return by the 

 main road of the village. Near the New Inn, on your left-hand 

 side, you come to cross-roads, and if you walk a few hundred 

 yards on the right-hand road you see a very charming long, low, 

 pointed house, which in our young days was occupied by the 

 Nelson family, of whom one son and one daughter, though some 

 years older, were, for most purposes, our comrades in arms. 



Should you, however, take the left-hand road from the New 

 Inn, and walk for a hundred yards or so, you come to a still 

 more picturesque long, low house, on your right hand. In fact, 

 you come to all that remains — except its extensive foundations 

 which are situated in a field adjoining the " Top House," — of 

 what was a fine old Priory, founded by R. de Humer in 

 1 1 80 a.d., and one that flourished and gave kindly hospitality 

 to all the poor of Great Limber, and for many miles around, 

 without discrimination. A pond in front of this house is still 

 called Priest's Dyke, and though shallow now at its sides, is so 

 deep in the middle, that a full-sized horse getting into it would 

 have to swim to get out. 



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