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Lewes History Group: Bulletin 156, July 2023

Posted on July 30, 2023 by Admin

Please note: this Bulletin is being put on the website one month after publication. Alternatively you can receive the Bulletin by email as soon as it is published, by becoming a member of the Lewes History Group, and renewing your … Continue reading →

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Sussex poll books, electoral registers, and Sussex parish registers available on Ancestry

Posted on July 25, 2023 by Admin

You can now access digital copies of the Sussex poll books and electoral registers by using Ancestry. The registers include more than eight million East Sussex records from 1705-1963. Electoral rolls were taken more regularly than censuses, often every year. … Continue reading →

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Lewes Priory Guided Tours, April to September 2023

Posted on July 20, 2023 by Admin

Lewes Priory was once one of the largest and wealthiest monasteries in the kingdom with as many as a hundred monks devoting their lives to prayer, while many of the townspeople of Lewes were employed by the Priory to grow … Continue reading →

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