Lewes History Group

Lewes Priory Trust’s 41st Emil Godfrey Memorial Lecture

Dr Graham Mayhew: Lewes and Cluny Liturgy, Art and Iconography

The lecture will be preceded by the Annual General Meeting of the Lewes Priory Trust at 7:00pm. The AGM is for members only. Non-members will be admitted for the talk from 7:30pm

Venue: The King’s Church Hall, Brooks Road, Lewes BN7 2BY

Entry: Admission free to all comers. Donations welcome at exit.

The lecture will be filmed, and also made available via Zoom on Friday 1 July 2022, 7:30pm.

Accessible only via prior registration – please contact priorymembership@gmail.com to register now.

Cost: Members register for free, non-members £5

Friends of The Keep Archives (FoTKA) Zoom talk

Christopher Whittick: What’s in a name? A Conveyance of the Manor of Burghurst – 1538

Archivist and researcher Christopher Whittick joined East Sussex Record Office in 1977, becoming eventually East Sussex County Archivist until 2019.

He is a vice-president of Sussex Archaeological Society, president of the Wealden Iron Research Group, chairman of the Sussex Historic Churches Trust, a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, and the Society of Antiquaries and the Artworkers Guild. He regularly teaches palaeography and local history at the Universities of Sussex, London, Oxford, Cambridge and Keele.

He was appointed  as a Deputy Lieutenant of the County of East Sussex in 2017.

This talk is free, and all are welcome.

Please register in advance for this meeting as soon as possible, via:

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0tcO2vqz8qEtZkkZm4hhvxpOeOLZrnNHel

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

You can use a tablet, phone or computer: all will work. However, you will have better experience of the talk if you use a computer.

For more information, please contact info@fotka.org.uk

Friends of the Keep Archives

The arts and heritage organisation Strike A Light have set up a collection of free webinars exploring diverse aspects of the 1921 census and our findings, with a focus on Sussex people and places.

Lewes historian Dr Diana Wilkins will be presenting three webinars:

• Jewish Sussex in 1921 – Wed 8th June 10-12pm
• Suffragettes, Trailblazers, and War Widows (Women in the 1921 census) – Wed 22nd June 10-12pm
• Sussex 1921 (Research, Resources and Case Studies) – Friday 15th July 10-12pm

These are all free but booking is required: https://bit.ly/3OYY4Wn

For more details & linked events, please see https://strikealight.org/projects/1921-census-events/