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The thatched house (now demolished) is The Glen, the scene in 1884 of the murder of Emma Keyse by her handyman John Lee.

Westley, or West Lee, was once a parish in its own right (Lee Chapel being 'East Lee'). Its church is thought to have stood somewhere in the vicinity of Westley Hall.

Westley, or West Lee, was once a parish in its own right (Lee Chapel being 'East Lee'). Its church is thought to have stood somewhere in the vicinity of Westley Hall.

On the day Queen Victoria died, the postmistress at Lee`s old post office was taking down a telegram announcing the Queen`s death when she was struck by lightning in the left eye and blinded

Immortalised by Laurie Lee in his autobiography 'Cider With Rosie', Slad and its wooded valley is known throughout the world by millions of readers who have never been there.

The Tudor tower house of North Lees Hall was one of seven halls built by Robert Eyre for his sons, all allegedly within sight of one another.

Lee Tower was built at the end of the pier in 1935; it was Art Deco in style, and 120 ft tall. From the top it was possible to see right across the Solent to the Isle of Wight.

Few Essex children were left untouched by the half-hidden smokestack on the right: it belonged to George Lee`s sweet factory at Mill End.

Its most famous son was the author and poet Laurie Lee, who was born in Stroud in 1914 and moved to Slad when he was three, and recalled his childhood in Cider With Rosie.

In the 1930s, Albert Lee was running the Post Office in Lower Eype and Thomas Lee was the farmer.

In the 1930s, Albert Lee was running the Post Office in Lower Eype and Thomas Lee was the farmer.

The Lee and Stort Navigation north of London is a series of short canals linking the eponymous river­s. In this view, it is about to enter a canalised section in the industrial end of Ware.

It had its characters, such as Percy-from-Painswick, mentioned by Laurie Lee, author of Cider With Rosie, who grew up in nearby Slad.

A number of neighbourhoods—Fryerns, Barstable, Kingswood and Lee Chapel South—were in place by 1958. Then, the government issued plans for increased house-building all over the country.

This photograph looks back at the same houses as those shown in 41386 and 41387.The well-laid out public gardens give a tropical air to the scene.The Lees Hotel was one of the many hotels to be found

We are looking north-west across Towan Beach towards the harbour, one of the more sheltered on this exposed coast, built in the lee of Towan Head which protects it from the brunt of the ferocious Atlantic

Lord Arthur Lee pub stands as a reminder of the man who is best remembered for giving Chequers to the nation - Chequers is the official country residence of the Prime Minister.

R D Blackmore, author of Lorna Doone, was moved to describe the walk to Lee as `one of the finest in England`.

In the middle distance on the left are the masts of ships in the lee of Drake's Island.

Lee-on-the-Solent grew as a late-Victorian development.

The Lees Hotel was one of the many hotels to be found in this popular area of the town. Southend The Undercliff

A number of neighbourhoods—Fryerns, Barstable, Kingswood and Lee Chapel South—were in place by 1958. Then, the government issued plans for increased house-building all over the country.

In the foreground are Thames barges with their characteristic lee-boards - a form of offset keel which can be raised in shallow waters.

The writer and poet Laurie Lee was born in Stroud in 1914 and moved to Slad when he was three. The village and countryside around inspired his most famous book, 'Cider with Rosie'.