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A Lewes Archaeological Group talk Simon Stevens: Old Walls, Wellies and Wasps – Recent Archaeological Work at Lewes Priory Simon is Senior Archaeologist at Archaeology South-East. He will talk about recent archaeological work at Lewes Priory. This will be followed … Continue reading →

Anthony Booth of the West Sussex Geological Society has been carrying out an investigation into whether it was Lewes doctor Gideon Mantell, or his wife Mary Ann Mantell who found the iguanodon’s tooth. Their marriage was not a happy one, … Continue reading →

Marcus Taylor: Lewes – A Personal View Not long before he died in 2013, local historian John Houghton of Swanborough gave a box of around 400 35mm slides to the Friends of Lewes. These were photographs he took around Lewes … Continue reading →