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 in Manor Lane (now a library and its grounds a public park) in 1796
- Stanley Unwin, publisher, lived in Handen Road.
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