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English: Church Window, Lee, Buckinghamshire Lee - usually referred to as 'The Lee' - is an attractive village in the Chiltern Hills, about 2 miles north east of Great Missenden and 3 miles south east of Wendover. The village name is Anglo Saxon in origin, meaning 'woodland clearing'. The village church of St John the Baptist is unusual. It consists of two buildings: an ancient chapel of ease built in the 12th century - which includes a window depicting Oliver Cromwell and John Hampden as 'champions of liberty', and also the window shown here - and a Victorian red brick church built in 1867. The Lee is associated with Sir Arthur Lasenby Liberty (1843–1917), proprietor of the famous Regent Street (London) store, Liberty & Co., who in 1900 built a Manor house on the outskirts of the Village. Liberty was closely associated with Art Nouveau and his company became synonymous with the style. Liberty is buried in the village church, his gravestone designed by Archibald Knox, one of Liberty & Co.'s long-standing designers. There is also a memorial to him and his wife, Dame Emma Louise, in the graveyard.
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Author Ian Petticrew
Camera location51° 43′ 48″ N, 0° 42′ 01″ W  Heading=315° Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo
Object location51° 43′ 49″ N, 0° 42′ 03″ W  Heading=315° Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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