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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 is now part of BUCKINGHAMSHIRE Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how BUCKINGHAMSHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about The Lee itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of The Lee in Buckinghamshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/1503
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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