Lewes History Group

A Bridge Cottage Heritage Centre, Uckfield event

Geoffrey Mead: Sussex Agricultural History

From shifting geological landscapes to the agricultural changes that have shaped Sussex.

Dr Mead has an MA in ‘Local & Regional History’ and a doctorate in Geography. He is also part-time tutor in Landscape Studies.

Image at Bridge Cottage website

Venue: Bridge Cottage Heritage Centre, High Street, Uckfield, East Sussex, TN22 1AZ

Entry: £4 per ticket (£2 for UDPS members), available from the Bridge Cottage website

Further details: Bridge Cottage website

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A Bridge Cottage Heritage Centre, Uckfield event

An interactive exhibition exploring Uckfield High Street through the ages.

Dr Maria Kirk, Heritage Education Officer at Bridge Cottage Heritage and curator of this exhibition said,

“We have brought together information from our archives and previous publications, along with newly discovered material found by a team of researchers. Using images, adverts, maps and memories, we have brought the history of the High Street into the present to share with everyone at our free exhibition. Come and visit the exhibition and find information and images of iconic shops to medieval trade history, from transport links to demolition and development, there is so much history to uncover.”

There will also be guided walks along the HighStreet on 5th and 7th April 2018.

Image at Bridge Cottage website

Venue: Bridge Cottage Heritage Centre, High Street, Uckfield, East Sussex, TN22 1AZ

Open: Saturday 24 March 2018, 10am-4pm, until Saturday 7 April (Closed Sundays, and Easter Monday)

Entry: Exhibition and walks both free

Further details: Bridge Cottage website

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Fifty-Five ‘Old Boys’ of Lewes County Grammar School for Boys died on active service in the Second World War in theatres of conflict all around the globe.

Their monument is the truly impressive Memorial Chapel in the grounds of Priory School, Lewes, consecrated in 1960 and believed to be the only officially sanctioned war memorial in any state school in Britain.

Down the years the Chapel’s origins have been largely forgotten. Now the tragic but epic story of the ‘Fifty-Five’ and the astonishing tale of dogged determination and perseverance behind the construction of the Chapel are revived and brought to vibrant life in a brand new book edited by Lewes writer David Arnold, launched 12 March 2018 at a talk to the Lewes History Group.

David Arnold (ed), The Fifty Five: a Story Set in Stone, Lewes: Crown Publishing Ltd, 2018
ISBN: 978-1-9999985-0-9

Currently available by mail order through the Chapel Trust web site

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