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Latitude: 51.4632 / 51°27'47"N
Longitude: 0.0003 / 0°0'0"E
OS Eastings: 539049
OS Northings: 175703
OS Grid: TQ390757
Mapcode National: GBR L2.JQT
Mapcode Global: VHGR7.YHH4
Plus Code: 9F32F272+74
Entry Name: Monument to Rev. Thomas Negus, Lee Old Churchyard
Listing Date: 1 June 2007
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1392011
English Heritage Legacy ID: 503670
ID on this website: 101392011
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
779/15/10045 LEE TERRACE
01-JUN-07 LEE
Monument to Rev. Thomas Negus, Lee Old
Churchyard
GV II
Chest tomb. c1765 to the Rev Thomas Negus (d.1765). This is a stone chest tomb with angle balusters and panelled sides, surmounted by a ledger slab with a partially visible inscription. Part of the ledger slab is missing.
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. This tomb was erected c1765 to the Rev Thomas Negus (d.1765). Negus was the rector of St Mary's, Rotherhithe.
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 the Rev Thomas Negus (d.1765), rector of St Mary's Rotherhithe, Lee old churchyard, Lewisham, is a stone chest tomb with angle balusters and a partially visible inscription on the ledger slab. The tomb meets the criteria for listing of commemorative monuments as a mid-C18 tomb of good architectural quality.
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