Category Archives: Local History

Lewes History Group: Bulletin 6, (6 January 2011)

Posted on January 6, 2011 by Admin

1.   Next meeting on Monday 10 January: Debby Matthews, ‘A tour around Gideon Mantell’s Lewes’ 2.   Lewes Floods of 1911 3.   Godlee’s Quaker School, 1826 4.   Elizabeth Ollive’s School, 1769 5.   Life in Lewes Jail in 1824 6.   North Street … Continue reading →

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Meeting – Monday 10 January, 7:30pm

Posted on January 6, 2011 by Admin

Debby Matthews: A Tour Around Gideon Mantell’s Lewes Debby Matthews will give an illustrated talk entitled ‘A tour around Gideon Mantell’s Lewes’, based on Mantell’s original guide-book to Lewes. Mantell’s book was in turn based on a visit back to … Continue reading →

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Lewes Maps Catalogue

Posted on November 9, 2010 by Admin

The aim of Ian McClelland’s Lewes Maps Project is to build up a catalogue of historical maps of Lewes, focusing on maps available locally in order to provide support to other projects in the group. The first version of the … Continue reading →

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