THE "LORD NELSON 



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from which the so-called " Church ales " were 

 brewed. 



There is one other item of interest at Chalk, and 

 that is an old wayside tavern, the " Lord Nelson," 

 one of those old houses that occupied, during last 

 century, and the fir^t quarter of the nineteenth, a 



SAILORS' FOLLY. (.After Julius C'cesar Ibbet.oon). 



position between the coaching inn and the mere beer- 

 house. This type of tavern is still very largely 

 represented along the Dover Road, although the sailors 

 who chiefly supported them are no longer seen tramping 

 the highways between the seaports. The}^ have, 

 most of them, little arbours and trim gardens with 

 skittle- and bowling-alleys, and here the sailor would 

 sit and drink, spin yarns, or play at bowls ; swearing 



