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Edlyne. Subsequently it belonged to Miss Boyfield, who planted 
the cedar trees. She sold it in 1790 to Mr. Samuel Brandram, 
who greatly improved the property, forming the lakes out of the 
little stream from Wricklemarsh, and adding to the house, a view 
of which in 1838 is given in Plate 32. His son, Mr. Thomas 
Brandram, had designed to let the whole estate of fifty-one acres 
for building, and made a beginning with the houses in Belmont 
Grove. He died in 1855, and the property was purchased by 
Mr. John Penn, who re-named the estate ‘‘The Cedars,” and 
during his lifetime spent a considerable sum in remodelling 
the house and adding to the beauty of the grounds. After his 
death in 1878 and to the present day his widow has continued to 
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PLATE 32,--‘‘LEE GROVE” (‘* THE CEDARS”), 1838. 
reside there. His son, the late Mr. John Penn, was the second 
member of Parliament for the newly-constituted Borough of 
Lewisham. 
Near the upper lodge gate formerly stood the Rectory house, 
which was rebuilt by the rector, the Rev. Abraham Sherman, in 
1636, and was pulled down in 1866, when the grounds were 
purchased by Mr. Penn to enlarge those of ‘‘The Cedars,” a new 
rectory being built at a short distance along the road on glebe 
land. A view of the old house is given in Plate 33. 
We have now arrived at the parish church of St. Margaret, 
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