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Latitude: 51.4635 / 51°27'48"N
Longitude: -0.0002 / 0°0'0"W
OS Eastings: 539016
OS Northings: 175727
OS Grid: TQ390757
Mapcode National: GBR L2.JMG
Mapcode Global: VHGR7.YG8Z
Plus Code: 9C3XFX7X+9W
Entry Name: Monument to Louisa Clarke, Lee Old Churchyard
Listing Date: 1 June 2007
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1392006
English Heritage Legacy ID: 503665
ID on this website: 101392006
Location: Blackheath, 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
779/15/10040 LEE TERRACE
01-JUN-07 LEE
Monument to Louisa Clarke, Lee Old Chu
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Chest tomb. Early C19 to Louisa Clarke. A red brick chest tomb of with yellow stone inscription panels set in to the sides, surmounted by a stone ledger slab.
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 Louisa Clarke, Lee old churchyard, Lewisham, consists of a red brick chest tomb surmounted by a stone ledger slab. The tomb meets the criteria for listing of commemorative monuments as an early C19 tomb, with unusual yellow stone inscription panels set in to the sides. It groups well with the adjacent contemporary tombs to Elizabeth Walker Morris, similarly of interest for its materials.
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