St Margaret?s Churchyard, Lee
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St Margaret?s Churchyard, Lee
Image: © Marathon Taken: 3 Feb 2018
The old church is to the north of the present church, on the other side of Belmont Hill. Its tower survives in ruins surrounded by a churchyard with many 18th and 19th century monuments, including Sir Edmond Halley, the Astronomer Royal after whom the comet is named. The new church of which this is the churchyard was built between 1839 and 1841. The interior is hugely impressive with aisles as high as the nave. See http://www.stmargaretslee.org.uk/page/?title=Current+Church&pid=30 for more information about the new church and for photographs and http://www.stmargaretslee.org.uk/page/?title=Old+Church+Yard&pid=31 for more about the old churchyard.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.46265
Longitude
0.000816