Lewes History Group

An Uckfield Bridge Cottage Heritage Centre talk

Mick Harker

Queen Victoria came to the throne in 1837 and the changes in Uckfield mirrors the growth and achievements synonymous with her reign.

This talk looks at the changes as the Town moved from a small village to a bustling market town all captured by the new technology of the age – the camera!

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

Entry: UDPS Members £5, Non-members £8

Tickets: www.bridgecottageuckfield.co.uk or 01825 760734

Southeast England Regional Conference, King’s Church, Brooks Road, Lewes, BN7 2BY

Speakers:

Matt Pope, (Institute of Archaeology at UCL), ‘New Discoveries from the Archaeological Record of Palaeolithic People in Southeast England’

Geoffrey Mead, ‘Southeast England in the early 18^th Century: Defoe’s Tour of 1722’

Ellinor Michel & Charlotte Wightwick (Friends of Crystal Palace Dinosaurs), ‘Conserving the Victorian Vision of Dinosaurs, at Crystal Palace’

Matthew Slocombe (Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings), ‘The Work of SPAB in Southeast England, and its ‘Old House’ Project’

Kathryn Ferry, ‘Seafront Structures of Southeast Seaside Resorts’ 

Chris Hare, ‘Hilaire Belloc and the South Country: landscape, people and myth’

Ruth O’Keeffe (Chair, Friends of Lewes Civic Society), Conserving the Heritage of an Historic County Town’

Conference Fee for the day is £30 per person, which includes coffee/tea, packed lunch and Conference publication

Conference details and booking form

Zoom Talk from Friends of The Keep Archives (FoTKA)

Dr Sue Berry: The story of the Country Houses on the Sussex Downs – from medieval to modern

Many country houses are older than they look today, owners simply altered them to suit their taste and needs. A substantial number of estates did not remain with the same owners for centuries, and we will explore why. We will also ask how a few families have managed to hold on to estates in Sussex for several centuries, even if to do so, land and houses outside the county were sold.

Dr Sue Berry has published on a wide range of topics ranging from country houses to seaside resorts, and aspects of the impact of tourism. Formerly a university Principal Lecturer, a Trustee of the National Trust, and a magistrate, Sue is currently working on an article about the millions invested in building and improving country houses in the Sussex Weald between 1840 and 1914. This was achieved mainly by new comers, on many houses we know well today.

Firle by James Lambert of Lewes 1786, © Sussex Archaeological Society

This Zoom talk is free, and all are welcome

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