Lee (also Lee Green) is a suburb and electoral ward in the London Borough of Lewisham in south-east London. Greater London is the top-level administrative subdivision covering London, England. The British national grid reference system is a system of geographic grid references commonly used in Great Britain, different from using Latitude and Longitude The districts of England are a level of subnational division of England used for the purposes of local government The London Borough of Lewisham ( is a London borough in south-east London, England and forms part of Inner London. The London Borough of Greenwich ( (Greenwich ˈgrɛnɪtʃ is an Inner London borough in south-east London, England. The ceremonial counties are areas of England that are appointed a Lord-Lieutenant, and are defined by the government as the Counties for the purposes of the Lieutenancies Greater London is the top-level administrative subdivision covering London, England. The region, also known as the government office region, is currently the highest tier of local government sub-national entity of England, with only one Greater London is the top-level administrative subdivision covering London, England. Constituent country is a phrase used often by official institutions in contexts in which a country makes up a part of a larger entity or grouping England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland This list of sovereign states, alphabetically arranged gives an overview of States around the world with information on the extent of their Sovereignty. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located A post town is a required part of all postal addresses in the United Kingdom, and a basic unit of the postal delivery system The London postal district is the area in England, currently of 241 square miles to which mail addressed to the LONDON Post town is delivered UK Postal codes are known as postcodes. UK postcodes are Alphanumeric. The SE (South Eastern postcode area, also known as the London SE postcode area, is the part of the London postal district covering much of south east London The UK Telephone numbering plan, also known as the National Telephone Numbering Plan, is the system used for assigning Telephone numbers in the United There are a number of law enforcement agencies in the United Kingdom. "Metropolitan Police" redirects here See also Metropolitan police. The fire service in the United Kingdom operates under separate legislative and administrative arrangements in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and The London Fire Brigade ( LFB) is the statutory The London Ambulance Service NHS Trust (LAS is the largest "free at the point of contact" ambulance service in the world that does not directly charge its patients London is a Constituency of the European Parliament. It currently elects 9 MEPs using the D'Hondt method of Party-list proportional This is a list of the 646 constituencies currently represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, as at the 2005 general election Lewisham East is a Constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Greater London is divided into fourteen territorial constituencies for London Assembly elections each returning one member Greenwich and Lewisham is a Constituency represented in the London Assembly. A Gazetteer of place names in the United Kingdom showing each place's County, Unitary authority or council area and its geographical coordinates List of places --> List of cities in the United Kingdom List of towns in England Lists of places This is a partial list of places in London, England See List of places in England for lists of settlements in other counties A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system. A ward in the United Kingdom is an electoral district at subnational level represented by one or more councillors The London Borough of Lewisham ( is a London borough in south-east London, England and forms part of Inner London. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. It lies to the east of Lewisham, approximately one mile south of Blackheath village. Lewisham is a district in south-east London, England and the principal settlement of the London Borough of Lewisham. Blackheath is an area in southeast London centred around a section of open public grassland ('the Heath' and straddling the boundary of the London Borough of Lewisham and the Lee is within the SE12 postcode and was originally its post town. SE12 is a postcode district in the SE postcode area of London England A post town is a required part of all postal addresses in the United Kingdom, and a basic unit of the postal delivery system
St Margaret's Church (built 1839-41, architect: John Brown) is the burial place of three Astronomers Royal: Edmond Halley, Nathaniel Bliss and John Pond. An architect is a licensed individual who leads a design team in the Planning and Design of buildings and participates in oversight of Building Construction John Brown was a 19th-century Architect in Norwich, in the county of Norfolk England. Astronomer Royal is a senior post in the Royal Household of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom. Edmond Halley FRS (ˈɛdmənd ˈhɔːlɪ ( November 8, 1656 &ndash January 14, 1742) was an English Astronomer The Reverend Nathaniel Bliss ( 28 November 1700 &ndash 2 September 1764) was an English astronomer of the 18th century John Pond FRS ( 1767 &ndash 7 September[[ 836]] was a renowned English astronomer who became the sixth Astronomer Royal
It had (until 2006) 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. Folklore states that The Old Tiger's Head is in fact the newer of the two. History The concept of folklore developed as part of the 19th century ideology of Romantic nationalism, leading to the reshaping of oral traditions to serve modern ideological
A small part of Lee, around Horn Park Lane and Alnwick Road, is in the London Borough of Greenwich. Horn Park is the name of a small Suburb and public park in the Eltham area of the London Borough of Greenwich, southeast London, England The London Borough of Greenwich ( (Greenwich ˈgrɛnɪtʃ is an Inner London borough in south-east London, England. On the Green itself is a clock tower reminiscent of Big Ben (called Little Ben) and others prevalent in London, such as the Highbury Clock. A clock tower is a Tower built with one or more (often four Clock faces. The Clock Tower is the world's largest four-faced chiming Clock. Highbury is an area in the London Borough of Islington. It lies between the following places Finsbury Park, north of Highbury
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History
The Manor of Lee was a historic parish of the Blackheath hundred and existed up to 1900 when it was merged with the parish of Lewisham to create the Metropolitan Borough of Lewisham. Blackheath was an ancient hundred in the north west of the county of Kent, England. Year 1900 ( MCM) was an exceptional Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar Lewisham is a district in south-east London, England and the principal settlement of the London Borough of Lewisham. The Metropolitan Borough of Lewisham was a Metropolitan borough in the County of London between 1900 and 1965 when it became part of the London 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. Lee station is a suburban railway station on Burnt Ash Hill in Lee in south-east London, SE12 between Hither Green and Mottingham The A2212 road is a 4-digit non-primary A road in southeast London, England; it is 5 The River Quaggy formed much of the boundary between the two parishes, though at Lee Bridge (at the western end of Lee High Road) it is now almost completely hidden. The River Quaggy (often the Quaggy River or simply Quaggy) is an urban river 17 km in length passing through the south-east London boroughs of Bromley
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. Not to be confused with Francis Baring 1st Baron Northbrook. Sir Francis Baring 1st Baronet ( 18 April 1740 &ndash 12 Barings Bank (1762 to 1995 was the oldest Merchant bank in London until its collapse in 1995 after one of the bank's employees Nick Leeson, lost £827 An architect is a licensed individual who leads a design team in the Planning and Design of buildings and participates in oversight of Building Construction Richard Jupp ( 1728 - 17 April 1799) was an 18th century English Architect, particularly associated with buildings in and around Year 1796 ( MDCCXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year
- Henry Thomas Buckle, English historian and author of A History of Civilization was born in Lee. Henry Thomas Buckle ( November 24, 1821 - May 29, 1862) was an English Historian, author of a History of Civilization See also History An historian is an individual who studies and writes about History, and is regarded as an Authority on it An author is defined both as "the person who originates or gives existence to anything" and that authorship determines responsibility for what is created
- Poet Ernest Dowson was also born in Lee. A poet is a person who writes Poetry. Etymology From the Ancient greek: ποιέω, poieō: "I make or compose" Ernest Christopher Dowson ( 2 August 1867 &ndash 23 February 1900) born in Lee London, was an English Poet
- Actor James Robertson Justice was born in Lee in 1907. James Robertson Justice ( 15 June 1907 - 2 July 1975) was a popular Anglo-Scottish Character actor in British films Year 1907 ( MCMVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year
- Sir Gregory Page built a large mansion house (demolished in 1787) at Wricklemarsh in Lee. Three successive generations of the same English family were each named Gregory Page.
- Reggie Schwarz, South African cricketer, was born in Lee. Major Reginald Oscar Schwarz, known as Reggie (born 4 May 1875 in Lee, London, England, died 18 November The Republic of South Africa (also known by other official names) is a country located at the southern tip of the continent of Africa Cricket is a bat-and-ball team Sport that originated in England and is now played in more than 100 countries
- Stanley Unwin, publisher, lived in Handen Road. Sir Stanley Unwin (1884-1968 was a British publisher founder of the George Allen and Unwin house in 1914
- Actor and comedian Max Wall
- Celebrity and 'singer' Chico. Max Wall ( 12 March 1908 – 21 May 1990) was the stage name of English comedian Maxwell Lorimer Yousseph Slimani (born April 2, 1971) known as Chico, is a British pop singer of Moroccan descent who rose to prominence in the
Transport
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A roads
- A20 road (Lee High Road, Eltham Road)
- A2212 road (Burnt Ash Road, Burnt Ash Hill)
- A205 road (Westhorne Avenue, St. Catford is a town in London located at the heart of the London Borough of Lewisham, England Blackheath is an area in southeast London centred around a section of open public grassland ('the Heath' and straddling the boundary of the London Borough of Lewisham and the Hither Green is an area of London, United Kingdom, with a population of around 10000 Kidbrooke is an area within the London Borough of Greenwich. It takes its name from the Kyd Brook, a watercourse which runs from Orpington to Lewisham Lewisham is a district in south-east London, England and the principal settlement of the London Borough of Lewisham. Grove Park is an area a suburb and electoral ward in the south-eastern corner of the London Borough of Lewisham. Blackheath Railway station is situated in the heart of Blackheath village in London at. Hither Green is a railway station located in Hither Green in the London Borough of Lewisham, in southeast London, United Kingdom. Lee station is a suburban railway station on Burnt Ash Hill in Lee in south-east London, SE12 between Hither Green and Mottingham Lewisham station is a National Rail and Docklands Light Railway station in Lewisham, south east London. Grove Park railway station is located on Baring Road ( A2212) and serves the areas of Grove Park and Downham in the London borough of The A20 is a two-digit major road in south-east England, carrying traffic from London to Dover in Kent. The A2212 road is a 4-digit non-primary A road in southeast London, England; it is 5 Mildreds Road, South Circular Road)
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