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Reformation, it was granted to Mr. William Hatcliffe, who again 
left it to the Parish Church. Of the building on Lee Park we 
have already spoken. 
That portion of the High Road between the two ends of the 
Old Road was cut through the grounds of ‘‘ Lee Place” in 1826. This 
may be regarded as the centre of the parish, and it was. in that 
part of the High Road, now called the Old Road, that the larger 
houses were formerly grouped. 
‘‘Lee Place” stood on the north side of the Old Road, between 
that thoroughfare and where the High Road now runs. The latter 
is on the site of the gardens and of a piece of ornamental water 
therein, probably part of an ancient moat. The house, which was 
a red brick mansion of late Tudor date, belonged, in the 17th 
PLATE 36.—BOONE’s OLD ALMSHOUSES, HIGH RoaD, LEE. 
century, to Mr. Christopher Boone, the founder of the almshouses, 
and it remained in the possession of that family until the death of 
Mr. Charles Boone in 1819, when it passed to his only daughter, 
Lady Drummond. It was tenanted for some years by Mr. 
Benjamin Aislabie, who took an active part in parochial life, and 
after whom Aislabie Road is named. It was sold in 1824, when it 
was pulled down, the new High Road made, and Church Street, 
Dacre Street, etc., built on the grounds. 
On the south side of the Old Road, at its eastern end, was Lee 
