Category Archives: Local History

Lewes History Group: Bulletin 17, (10 December 2011)

1.   Next Meeting on Monday 12 December:  Christmas Meeting 2.   An early aerial view of Lewes 3.   Old Houses at Lewes 4.   From Alice Dudeney’s Lewes Diary 5.   Watercolours of Lewes Castle in 1785 by Samuel Hieronymous Grimm 6.   Lewes … Continue reading

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Lewes History Group: Bulletin 16, (11 November 2011)

1.   Next Meeting on Monday 14 November:  John Kay: ‘John Whitfeld the Smuggler’ 2.   The view over Lewes from Malling Down 3.   Views down School Hill a century ago 4.   The Lewes Constables’ view of Bonfire, 1834 5.   Mary Ann … Continue reading

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Lewes History Group: Bulletin 15, (8 October 2011)

1.   Next Meeting on Monday 10 October:  David Goldsmith: The 1836 Lewes Avalanche 2.   Landport Farm 3.   The Prison, North Street, Lewes 4.   Witchcraft at Lewes 5.   Memories of Lewes collected by U3A 6.   Gideon Mantell’s Journal 7.   Old Candlemakers … Continue reading

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