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Lee, London
Human settlement in England
Lee, also known as Lee Green, is an area of South East London, England, straddling the border of the London Borough of Lewisham and the Royal Borough of Greenwich.
It is located northwest of Eltham and southeast of Lewisham. It was in Kent before becoming part of the County of London in , and then Greater London in [2]
The churchyard of St Margaret's Church (current church rebuilt –41, architect: John Brown) is the burial place of three Astronomers Royal: Edmond Halley, Nathaniel Bliss and John Pond.
History
Early history
The Manor of Lee was a historic parish of the Blackheath hundred and existed up to when it was merged with the parish of Lewisham to create the Metropolitan Borough of Lewisham.
While modern Lee is centred on Lee railway station and the road of Burnt Ash Hill, the parish was based around Lee High Road which today stretches into the town centre of Lewisham. The River Quaggy formed much of the bound