Description

779/15/10043 LEE TERRACE
01-JUN-07 LEE
Jackson Monument, Lee Old Churchyard.

GV II
Funerary urn monument, c.1773 to Mrs Elizabeth Jackson (d.1773). A marble neo-classical style tomb consisting of an altar-like plinth, surmounted by a large acanthus-bottomed urn with bearded head terminals to the handles. The inscription, which is partially legible, is set within an antique border of rosettes. The tomb is in relatively good condition.

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 Mrs Elizabeth Jackson (d.1773), Lee old churchyard, Lewisham, is neo-classical in style and consists of a large urn on an altar-like plinth, with bearded head terminals to the handles, and an inscription set within an antique border of rosettes. The tomb meets the criteria for listing of commemorative monuments as a late C18 tomb of good architectural quality.

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q27087133

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