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Latitude: 51.4633 / 51°27'47"N
Longitude: 0.0001 / 0°0'0"E
OS Eastings: 539038
OS Northings: 175711
OS Grid: TQ390757
Mapcode National: GBR L2.JPP
Mapcode Global: VHGR7.YHF2
Plus Code: 9F32F272+82
Entry Name: Limeburner Monument, Lee Old Churchyard
Listing Date: 1 June 2007
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1392002
English Heritage Legacy ID: 503661
ID on this website: 101392002
Location: Blackheath Park, Lewisham, London, SE13
County: London
District: Lewisham
Electoral Ward/Division: Blackheath
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Lewisham
Traditional County: Kent
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Greater London
Church of England Parish: Lee St Margaret
Church of England Diocese: Southwark
Tagged with: Monument
779/15/10036 LEE TERRACE
01-JUN-07 LEE
Limeburner Monument, Lee Old Churchyard
GV II
Chest tomb, erected mid to late C18 to Captain Thomas Limeburner of the Royal Navy (1696-1750), and his wife Elizabeth Limeburner (d.1769). A stone chest tomb with angle balusters and fielded panels, surmounted by a ledger slab with a visible inscription.
HISTORY: Lee old churchyard contains many notable monuments which reflect the area's Georgian past as a place of retirement for City merchants and those involved with Greenwich and the Deptford shipyards. In the centre of the churchyard stand the remains of the tower belonging to the former medieval Church of St Margaret (listed Grade II). The current Church of St Margaret stands to the south side of Lee Terrace (1839-41, listed Grade II*). The churchyard of the current church contains later tombs, being used principally between the 1840s and 1870s. A decline in usage came with the opening of Hither Green Cemetery, Lee in 1873.
SOURCES
E and J Birchenough, Monumental Inscriptions in the Old Churchyard, St Margaret's, Lee (1967 typescript in Manor House Library)
C P Gwilt (1830), F Bamping (2001) et al, Lee - Kent Archaeological Society website.
SUMMARY OF IMPORTANCE: The tomb of Captain Thomas Limeburner of the Royal Navy (1696-1750), and his wife Elizabeth Limeburner (d.1769), Lee old churchyard, Lewisham, is a handsome stone chest tomb with angle balusters and fielded panels, surmounted by a ledger slab. It meets the criteria for listing of commemorative monuments as a mid-C18 tomb of good architectural quality with a legible inscription. The naval connection is also of interest.
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