Category Archives: Local History

Meeting – Monday 9 May, 7:30pm

Michael Chartier: Mayors of Lewes There have been mayors of Lewes appointed each year since the local government reorganisation of 1881. Michael Chartier, a prominent local councillor, has filled this role himself, and will be talking to us about some … Continue reading

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Lewes History Group: Bulletin 9, (7 April 2011)

1.   Next meeting on Monday 11 April 2011: Kim Clark, ‘Lost Lewes’ 2.   The Friars, Lewes, by James Lambert 3.   The Government of Lewes, according to John Rowe (1622) 4.   The Bylaws of Lewes, according to John Rowe (1622) 5. … Continue reading

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Meeting – Monday 11 April, 7:30pm

Kim Clark: Lost Lewes: Photographs of James Cheetham. Kim’s talk will be illustrated by images created by the Lewes photographer James Cheetham (1854-1941). She will also explain how near Cheetham’s collection of glass negatives came to being lost for ever. They were saved only by … Continue reading

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