Lewes History Group

We have four more sets of recollections about living at the Nevill Estate, this time from Robert Cheesman, Alan and Isabel Fennemore, Lorna Iden, and David Sale. Altogether, their memories span almost eight decades, and range from their school days, to bringing up their children on the estate, describing their houses, who their neighbours were, where they did their shopping, the Sheep Fair, the Fun Fair, and much more.

Their evocative and colourful accounts are the result of interviews they gave to the Nevill Street Story team. Led by Ann Holmes, this team has assembled a large collection of  photos, cuttings, and spoken memories about early life and events on the Nevill. This remarkable material is accessible to everyone on the Lewes History Group website, as part of our Lewes Street Stories series.

Start here for our Nevill Memoirs, and then explore their image collection, and Ann Holmes’s account of how the Nevill Estate came to be built, and its early development, at Yes, the Nevill Does Have a History!

View from Hawkenbury Way, about 1980. Click to enlarge

A Zoom talk for members of the Sussex Archaeological Society only

Sue Berry: The Houses of the Sussex Downs

This is the first of 2021’s Sussex Archaeology at Home Lectures, and explores the stories of some of the houses and their occupants as an introduction to Sue’s forthcoming book called Country Houses of the Sussex Downs in the Society’s series about the history of the South Downs.

There is more information about this talk on the Sussex Archaeological Society’s website, plus a link for registering to attend the talk. You will need to enter your Sussex Archaeological Society membership number during registration.

Image at the Sussex Archaeological Society website

The story of Mill Road, Malling is about the development of its industries and buildings alongside meeting the people who have lived and worked there since the 16th Century.

In his talk on Monday 11 January 2021 Chris Taylor presented the findings of his recent investigation into the history of Mill Road, the latest in Lewes History Group’s ‘Street Stories’ series.

Chris has also put his account on these web pages, with sections on Malling Windmill and Mill House, the Laundry, the houses and their occupiers, the chalkpits, and Mill Road in the Second World War. He has included maps, photos of Malling Mill, and lists of the Malling millers, and the residents of the houses.