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school, the same type of education commonly associated with the 
term ‘‘public school.” For a time the school was very successful, 
especially during the principalship of the Rev. E. J. Selwyn, M.A., 
when the numbers reached 274, and several boarding-houses were 
started in connection with it. In the days of his successor, the 
Rev. J. Kempthorne, m.a., the numbers reached 284, but after- 
wards declined, until in 1907 the committee decided to close the 
school after 77 years working. During its existence the school 
turned out many first-rate men, and its list of*scholars is one of 
which any institution might be proud. The honours’ boards are 
preserved in the corridor of the Blackheath Concert Hall. 
At the end of Lee Terrace we are on Cresswell Hill, and, 
turning southward, we have in front of us Lee Road—down which 
PeatTeE 35 —THE OLD CniurcH, LEE, FROM AN ENGRAVING, 1809. 
runs the boundary between Lee, Charlton and Kidbrook—and Lee 
Park. Northwards, at the foot of the hill, is Blackheath Railway 
Station, opened in July, 1849. Close to the station is the School 
for the Sons of Missionaries, opened in 1857, and the Blackheath 
Congregational Church, built in 1853. 
What is now known as Lee Park is shown on Rocque’s map 
of 1745 as ‘‘Lee Green,” and Lee Road is styled ‘‘Lee Green 
Lane.” It was formerly leased to the owner of Dacre House 
(which stood in Brandram Road) as a park, but on the death of 
Lady Dacre in 1808 it was cut up for building purposes, houses 
