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Celebrating William Blake
From: The Spectator
Date: 20050806
Author:Lambirth, Andrew
Andrew Lambirth visits an exhibition in the first museum of garden history
St Mary-at-Lambeth, built beside the walls of the Archbishop's Palace, was once the parish church of Lambeth, until it fell into disuse in 1972. Thankfully, this handsome building was rescued from demolition some five years later by the foundation of the Museum of Garden History and the Tradescant Trust, appropriately named after the great family of gardeners.
Three generations of Tradescants are buried in St Mary's churchyard in an elaborately carved sarcophagus, while nearby is the tomb of Captain Bligh of Mutiny on ...
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