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You can now access digital copies of the Sussex poll books and electoral registers by using Ancestry. The registers include more than eight million East Sussex records from 1705-1963. Electoral rolls were taken more regularly than censuses, often every year. … Continue reading →

Lewes Priory was once one of the largest and wealthiest monasteries in the kingdom with as many as a hundred monks devoting their lives to prayer, while many of the townspeople of Lewes were employed by the Priory to grow … Continue reading →

The Lewes History Group has become a well-respected and valued local institution, and good publicity and communications has been a key factor in this. This role aims to build and maintain awareness of LHG and its events in order to … Continue reading →