Category Archives: Political History

Lewes History Group: Bulletin 14, (7 September 2011)

1.   Next Meeting on Monday 12 September:  Nigel Jones 2.   A Game of Stool Ball 3.   The Bowling Green at Lewes Castle 4.   The Defiance on School Hill 5.   The Battle of Lewes Conference: The Beginnings of Parliamentary Democracy? 6. … Continue reading

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Meeting – Monday 12 September, 7:30pm

Nigel Jones: ‘The Tower of London: Crucible of a Nation’ – a new book by a Lewes historian, biographer and journalist. No site in Britain is more freighted with history than the Tower of London. Since William the Conqueror built … Continue reading

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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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