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,
HMS Wolf (1742) HMS Wolf (1742) HMS "Wolf" was a 14-gun snow-rigged sloop of the Royal Navy, launched in 1742 as the first of three "Wolf" class sloops constructed for action against Spanish privateers during the War of Jenkins' Ear. "Wolf" was the first of three small, fast vessels built for coastal patrol and Atlantic service and designated by Admiralty as the "Wolf" class. Her design was similar to that of the preceding "Drake" class sloops but larger and more heavily armed. Construction was contracted to civilian shipwright Thomas West, who had overseen construction of a year earlier. As designed, "Wolf"s dimensions were