LEE, a parish in the hundred of BLACKHEATH,
lathe of SUTTON at HONE, county of KENT, 7 miles
(S. B. by E.) from London, containing 737 inhabitants.
The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry and diocese
of Rochester, rated in the king's books at £3. 11. 8.,
and in the patronage of the Crown. The church, dedicated
to St. Margaret, which stands on an eminence
near Blackheath, is built of flint and stone, and has
a neat cemetery containing several handsome monuments,
the most conspicuous of which are those of the
great astronomer, Edmund Halley; the celebrated
comedian, William Parsons; the amiable Lady Dacre;
and Sir Samuel Fludyer, Bart., who, as lord mayor of
London in 1761, gave a sumptuous banquet to George
III. and his royal consort. Christopher Boone, in 1683,
founded and endowed an almshouse for six poor persons,
with a chapel attached, and a school for twelve poor
children; the endowment, which is vested in the company
of Merchant Taylors in London, consists of certain
lands and houses producing an income of about
£71 per annum. This parish has the right of sending
one boy to the school at Blackheath founded by Mr.
Colfe.