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Latitude: 51.4633 / 51°27'47"N
Longitude: 0.0005 / 0°0'1"E
OS Eastings: 539062
OS Northings: 175709
OS Grid: TQ390757
Mapcode National: GBR L2.JSZ
Mapcode Global: VHGR7.YHL3
Plus Code: 9F32F272+85
Entry Name: Monument to Henry Knight, Lee Old Churchyard
Listing Date: 1 June 2007
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1391999
English Heritage Legacy ID: 503658
ID on this website: 101391999
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
779/15/10033 LEE TERRACE
01-JUN-07 LEE
Monument to Henry Knight, Lee Old Chur
chyard
GV II
Headstone, c.1742 to Henry Knight (d.1742), 'Master Caulker of his Majesties Yard at Deptford'. This finely carved headstone depicts a 'sacred still-life' consisting of an urn, candle and book set amid foliage and auricular borders. The stone is in relatively good condition, and the inscription is still legible.
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 headstone of Henry Knight (d.1742), 'Master Caulker of his Majesties Yard Deptford', in Lee old churchyard, Lewisham, is a tablet with a good depiction of an urn, candle and book surrounded by auriculars and foliage, with a legible inscription. It meets the criteria for listing of commemorative monuments as a finely carved mid-C18 headstone. The connection between Knight and the nearby Deptford dockyard is also of local interest.
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