St Margaret's, Lee of the restoration, the church is one of the best preserved examples of a decorated gothic revivalist interior in London. Between 1813-1830 there had been an attempt to rebuild the medieval church, involving the architect Joseph Gwilt. This failed when it became clear that the foundations of the old church were incapable of supporting a new building. The ruins of the original building are in the medieval churchyard on the north side of Lee Terrace. The tomb of Edmond Halley (1656–1742), from 1720 England's second Astronomer Royal and the discoverer of the periodicity of Halley's Comet is in the churchyard,
Colin Campbell (astronomer) Colin Campbell (astronomer) Colin Campbell, FRS (died 26 January 1752) was a Scottish astronomer. He grew up in Jamaica and died there in Kingston in 1752. He matriculated at Glasgow University, in 1720. He was invested as a Fellow, Royal Society (F.R.S.) in 1733. He studied Newton's theory of the diminution of gravity away from the equator. He made astronomical observations, in correspondence with Edmund Halley. He held the office of Member of the Council (Jamaica) in 1742. After 1742, he sold his astronomical instruments to Alexander Macfarlane. In 1748, he lived at St. George Hanover Square, London. In Jamaica,