Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for LEE

LEE, a parish, with a village, in Amersham district, Bucks; 3¼ miles SE of Wendover, and 6½ SW of Tring r. station. It has a post office, of the name of Lee-Town, under Tring. Acres, 500. Real property, £645. Pop., 116. Houses, 21. The manor house is the seat of A. Watson, Esq. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £58. Patron, J. Deering, Esq. The church was formerly a chapel of ease to Weston-Turville; and is good.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish, with a village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: The Lee Ch/CP       Amersham RegD/PLU       Buckinghamshire AncC
Place: The Lee

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