90) BOROUGH OF LEWISHAM. 
Lee, which formerly stood on the left or northern side of the road 
in the old graveyard. -Of the original church little or no descrip- 
tion is necessary, as we fortunately possess drawings of it, two 
of which are reproduced in Plates 34 and 35. It will be seen that it 
was very small, being only 56ft. in length. Within the church were 
brasses to Nicholas Ansleye, Sergeant of the Cellar to Queen 
Elizabeth, died 1593; to Elizabeth Covhyll, 1513; Henry Byrde, 
1545; and Isabell Hatteclyf, wife of Nicholas Ansleye, 1582. 
These are preserved in the present church. A tablet to Bryan 
Annesley and his family, 1604, is preserved on the base of the old 
tower. 
This church was taken down in 1813, and another erected 
in ‘Strawberry hill Gothic’’ with aisles, to meet the increase in 
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PLaTeE 34.—THE OLD CuHtrcH, LEE, FROM A WATER-COLOUR DRAWING, 
ABOUT -i800. 
the population, but this again proving insufficient a new church 
was built on the opposite side of the road in 1839, and consecrated 
on 11th March, 1841. This was subsequently enlarged in 1876, 
and a considerable sum has been spent at various times in beauti- 
fying the mterior. 
Proceeding along Lee Terrace we pass several villas, some of 
which were built in and about 1825, and others of somewhat later 
date. At the end of Lee Terrace on the north side, and at the 
turning down into Blackheath Village, are the buildings of the 
Blackheath Proprietary School. This school was started in 
January, 1830, by residents at Blackheath, to provide, as a day 
