In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described The Lee like this:
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.
The Lee through time
The Lee is now part of Chiltern district. Click here for graphs and data of how Chiltern has changed over two centuries. For statistics about The Lee itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of The Lee, in Chiltern and Buckinghamshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/1503
Date accessed: 26th April 2024
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