Category Archives: Social History

Meeting – Monday 21 February, 7:30pm [Programme change]

Posted on January 11, 2011 by Admin

John Kay: Settlement Records in Lewes Parish Chests Under the Old Poor Law everyone was settled in a particular parish, in the same way that today we are citizens of a particular country. You might be allowed to live outside … Continue reading →

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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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Lewes History Group: Bulletin 5, (11 December 2010)

Posted on December 12, 2010 by Admin

1.   Christmas meeting on Monday 13 December: John Farrant, Lewes Castle, 1600-1850 2.   Cliffe Market & Fair 3.   Mystery House of Bliss 4.   Colin & Judy Brent and the SAS Library 5.   Lewes Bibliography 6.   Gideon Mantell, ‘A Day’s Ramble … Continue reading →

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