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Latitude: 51.4633 / 51°27'47"N
Longitude: 0.0001 / 0°0'0"E
OS Eastings: 539038
OS Northings: 175709
OS Grid: TQ390757
Mapcode National: GBR L2.JPP
Mapcode Global: VHGR7.YHF3
Plus Code: 9F32F272+82
Entry Name: Monument to Thomas Butler, Lee Old Churchyard
Listing Date: 1 June 2007
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1392003
English Heritage Legacy ID: 503662
ID on this website: 101392003
Location: Blackheath Park, Lewisham, London, SE13
County: London
District: Lewisham
Electoral Ward/Division: Blackheath
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Lewisham
Traditional County: Kent
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Greater London
Church of England Parish: Lee St Margaret
Church of England Diocese: Southwark
Tagged with: Monument
779/15/10037 LEE TERRACE
01-JUN-07 Monument to Thomas Butler, Lee Old Chu
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Chest tomb. Erected c.1733 to Thomas Butler (d.1733), a farmer of Lee. A stone chest tomb on a plinth surmounted by a slab with a largely legible inscription, distinguished by its rusticated quoin corners. Unfortunately, an end and side panel have fallen away from the tomb, leaving it rather damaged.
HISTORY: Lee old churchyard contains many notable monuments which reflect the area's Georgian past as a place of retirement for City merchants and those involved with Greenwich and the Deptford shipyards. In the centre of the churchyard stand the remains of the tower belonging to the former medieval Church of St Margaret (listed Grade II). The current Church of St Margaret stands to the south side of Lee Terrace (1839-41, listed Grade II*). The churchyard of the current church contains later tombs, being used principally between the 1840s and 1870s. A decline in usage came with the opening of Hither Green Cemetery, Lee in 1873.
SOURCES
E and J Birchenough, Monumental Inscriptions in the Old Churchyard, St Margaret's, Lee (1967 typescript in Manor House Library)
C P Gwilt (1830), F Bamping (2001) et al, Lee - Kent Archaeological Society website.
SUMMARY OF IMPORTANCE: The tomb of Thomas Butler, a farmer of Lee (d.1733), Lee old churchyard, Lewisham, is stone chest tomb with a largely legible inscription, distinguished by its rusticated quoin corners. Despite the damage to one end and side panel, the tomb meets the criteria for listing of commemorative monuments as an early C18 tomb. The reference to the parish's more rural past is also of interest.
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