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Lee, London - Definition
Lee
OS Grid Reference:TQ395745 (http://getamap.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/getamap/frames.htm?mapAction=gaz&gazName=g&gazString=TQ395745)
Administration
Borough:Lewisham
County:Greater London
Region:Greater London
Nation:England
Other
Ceremonial County:Greater London
Traditional County:Kent
Post Office and Telephone
Postal County:LONDON
Postcode:SE12
Dialling Code:020

Lee is a place in the London Borough of Lewisham in south-east London. It lies to the east of Lewisham, approximately one mile south of Blackheath village.

St Margaret's church in Lee is the burial place of three Astronomers Royal: Edmond Halley, Nathaniel Bliss and John Pond.

Interestingly, it has two public houses with almost identical names - The Old Tiger's Head and The New Tiger's Head - facing each other on opposite sides of the same road.

Famous residents

  • Sir Francis Baring, founder of Baring Brothers Bank, bought the Manor House (attributed to architect Richard Jupp) in Manor Lane (now a library and its grounds a public park, Manor House Gardens) in 1796
  • Sir Gregory Page built a large mansion house (demolished in 1787) at Wricklemarsh in Lee.
  • Stanley Unwin, publisher, lived in Handen Road.

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