Bibliography - Lewes, East Sussex
Bibliography Home

Poll Book, published 1734 (Lewes: J. Wilford) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/500921]

An Exact State of the Poll Taken by Tho. Friend, and James Reeve, Constables of the Borough of Lewes, On the 27th Day of April 1734. For the Election of Members to serve in this present Parliament. In Answer To a Pamphlet lately published relating to the said Election.

A journey through Sussex [Lewes, Brighton, Shoreham, Findon and Chichester], by John Burton, published 1752 in Rivington, London (article, pp.53-56, in Latin)

Poll Book, published 1780 (8 pp., Lewes: printed by William Lee) accessible at: British Library

A poll, taken by William Hammond, and John Fuller, constables of the borough of Lewes, in Sussex, at the Town-Hall, on the 12th and 13th days of September, 1780, for the election of members, to represent the said borough in the ensuing Parliament, to be holden at the cit of Westminster, the 31st day of October, 1780. Published at the request of the electors.

Poll Book, published 1790

A Poll, Taken by John Wimble and George Grantham, Constables of the Borough of Lewes, in the County of Sussex, on the 16th Day of June, 1790; For the Election of Members.

Gleanings in an excursion to Lewes Fair, by Arthur Young, published 1792 in Annals of Agriculture, and Other Useful Arts (vol. XVII, article, pp.129-157, Bury St Edmunds: published by the editor, Arthur Young, Esq., F.R.S.)   View Online

Ancient and Modern History of Lewes and Brighthelmston in which are compressed the most interesting events of the County at Large, under the Regnian, Roman, Saxon and Norman Settlements, by Paul Dunvan, published 1795 (555 pp., Lewes: William Lee) accessible at: & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

The author is not named but the book is attributed to Paul Dunvan

History of Lewes and Brighthelmston, edited by William Lee, published 1795 (2 volumes , Lewes: W. Lee) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/504859] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Brighton new guide or, a description of Brighthelmston, and the adjacent country; with an account of the following places: East Bourn, Lewes, Newhaven, Shoreham, Rottendean, Worthing, Arundel, Seaford, Steyning, Preston, &c. &c. &c, edited by Frederick George Fisher, published 1800 (124 pp., London: T. Burton) accessible at: British Library   View Online

Poll Book, published 1803 (19 pp., Lewes: Printed by W. and A. Lee) accessible at: British Library

Poll, taken by George Grantham and Samuel Woodgate Durrant, … on the 5th and 6th days of July, 1802; for the election of members, to represent the said borough in the Parliament to be holden at the City of Westminster, the 31st day of August ensuing.

The Brighton and Lewes Guide … With four engravings and a map, by John V. Button, published 1805 (iv + 79 pp., Lewes : J. Baxter) accessible at: British Library

Poll Book, published 1812 (Lewes: Printed by W. and A. Lee) accessible at: British Library

A poll, taken by Thomas Woollgar, and William Figg, … on the 5th and 6th days of October, 1812, for the election of members, to represent the said borough, in the Parliament, to be holden at the City of Westminster, on the 24th day of November, next.

The Three Grand Routes from Brighton to London, and topography of that fashionable watering place … including every thing worthy of remark in the routes to the metropolis, by Cuckfield, Lewes and Horsham. [With maps and a plate.], published 1815 (viii + 96 pp., Brighton: W. Saunders) accessible at: British Library

Rambles in the Vicinity of Brighton, to Lewes, Eastbourne, Worthing, Bramber, Devil's Dyke, Arundel, etc., with an itinery of the roads, by Charles Wright, published 1818 (112 pp., published by the author) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries

Rules and regulations of a school established … for the education of poor boys and girls in the town and neighbourhood of Lewes, in the year 1809, published 1821 (8 pp., Lewes: Sussex Advertiser Office) accessible at: British Library

The History and Antiquities of Lewes, and its vicinity, by Thomas Walker Horsfield, published 1824 (volume 1, Lewes: J. Baxter) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2808] & The Keep [LIB/503450][Lib/504621] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

The History and Antiquities of Lewes, and its vicinity, by Thomas Walker Horsfield, published 1824 (volume 2, Lewes: J. Baxter) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2808] & The Keep [LIB/503451][LIB/504622] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Outlines of the natural history of the environs of Lewes, by Gideon Mantell, published 1824 in The History and Antiquities of Lewes and its Vicinity by Horsfield (article)

Poll Book, published 1826 (28 pp., Lewes: Printed by W. and A. Lee) accessible at: British Library

A poll, taken on the 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th days of June, 1826, for the election of two members to represent the borough in the Parliament to be holden at the City of Westminster, on the 25th day of August next ensuing. As taken at the County Hall, by the returning officers.

Baxter's Select Sketches in Brighton, Lewes and their environs; forming a series of engravings on wood, with descriptions, published 1827 (Lewes: J. Baxter) accessible at: British Library

A visit to the Mantellian Museum at Lewes, by Robert Bakewell, published 1829 in Magazine of Natural History (vol. 3, article, pp.9-17)

Rural Rides, Vol I, by William Cobbett, M.P., published 1830 (406 pp., London: William Cobbett) accessible at: & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries   View Online

A Narrative of the Visit of their Most Gracious Majesties William IV and Queen Adelaide to the Ancient Borough of Lewes, on the 22nd of October 1830, by Gideon Algernon Mantell, published 1831 (vii + 46 pp., London: Lupton Relfe) accessible at: & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries   View Online

Parliamentary History - Lewes, by William Durrant Cooper, published 1835 in The History, Antiquities and Topography of the County of Sussex (appendix III, article, pp.46-49) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2397][Lib 3212] & The Keep [LIB/507380][Lib/500088] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Lewes Borough, by Thomas Walker Horsfield, published 1835 in The History, Antiquities and Topography of the County of Sussex (vol. I, rape of Lewes, pp.201-218) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2396][Lib 3211] & The Keep [LIB/507380][Lib/500087] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Poll Book, published 1837 (Lewes: Baxter and Son)

A Poll taken by Mr. Plumer Verrall and Mr. Thomas Chatfield, Constables of the Borough of Lewes, on the 20th day of April, 1837, for the Election of One Burgess To represent the said Borough in Parliament, in the room of Thomas Read Kemp, Esq. who accepted the Chiltern Hundreds.

Mogg's Brighton Railway, and Brighton, Lewes, Shoreham and Worthing Guide, by Edward Mogg, published 1841 (London) accessible at: British Library

The Barons' War: including the Battles Lewes and Evesham, by William Henry Blaauw, M.A., published 1844 (329 pp., London: Bell and Dald, Nichols & Son) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8329] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries   View Online

A Handbook for Lewes, Historical and Descriptive: With Notices of the recent discoveries at the Priory, by Mark Antony Lower, published 1846 (London: John Russell Smith) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries

A Day's Ramble in and about the Ancient Town of Lewes, by Gideon Algernon Mantell, published 1846 (157 pp., London: Henry G. Bohn) accessible at: & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Reports on the Antiquities Lately Found at Lewes, by M. A. Lower, published December 1846 in Journal of the British Archaeological Association (first series, vol 1, issue 4, article, pp.346-357)   View Online

Poll Book, published 1847 (Geo. P. Bacon)

A Poll taken by Mr. Benjamin Flint & Mr. John Hilton, Chief Officers of the Borough of Lewes on the 29th day of July, 1847, for the Election of Two Burgesses to represent the said Borough in the ensuing Parliament to be holden at Westminster, on Tuesday, the 21st day of September next.

The Battaile of Lewes and Other Legends of St. Pancras' Priory, Lewes, by Arthur Lee, published 1847 (70 pp., Lewes: Baxter & Son) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/502856] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

On the Marble Effigy of a Knight, and on an Ancient Earthen Vessel in the form of a Knight, found at Lewes, by W. Figg, published 1848 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 1, article, pp.43-45) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2086] & The Keep [LIB/500220] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Subsidy Roll of the Rape of Lewes in 1296. Copied from an original MS., by W. H. Blaauw, published 1849 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 2, article, pp.288-306) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2087] & The Keep [LIB/500221] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Notes on the Wills proved at Consistory Courts of Lewes and Chichester, by Mark Antony Lower, published 1850 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 3, article, pp.108-116) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2088] & The Keep [LIB/500222] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Manorial Customs of Southease-with-Heighton, near Lewes, by William Figg, published 1850 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 3, article, p.249) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2088] & The Keep [LIB/500222] & S.A.S. library   View Online

A Handbook for Lewes, Historical and Descriptive: With Notices of the recent discoveries at the Priory, by Mark Antony Lower, published 1852 (2nd edition, R. W. Lower) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

Sussex Monasteries at the time of their Suppression; Boxgrove, Shulbred, Bayham, Dureford, Lewes. Partly from Original MSS., by W. H. Blaauw, M.A., F.S.A., published 1854 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 7, article, pp.217-228) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2092] & The Keep [LIB/500226] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Subsidy Roll of the Rape of Lewes A.D. 1296, ref Vol II, p.292, by W. S. Ellis, published 1856 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 8, notes & queries, pp.273-274) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2093] & The Keep [LIB/500227] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Subsidy Roll, collection within the Rape of Lewes, A.D. 1621, by W. S. Ellis, published 1857 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 9, article, pp.71-88) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2094] & The Keep [LIB/500228] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Objects found at Lewes and Ringmer, by William Figg, F.S.A., published 1857 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 9, notes & queries, p.373) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2094] & The Keep [LIB/500228] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Commissions of Sewers for the Lewes Levels, edited by Sir Henry Ellis, K.H., F.S.A., published 1858 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 10, article, pp.95-99) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2095] & The Keep [LIB/500229] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Poll Book, published 1859 (Geo. P. Bacon)

A Poll taken by Mr. Richard Lambe and Mr. Charles Parsons, Chief Officers of the Borough of Lewes, on the 30th day of April, 1859, for the Election of Two Burgesses, to represent the said Borough in the ensuing Parliament to be holden at Westminster, on Tuesday, the 31st day of May, 1859.

A Rolle of the several Armors and furniture, with theire names of the Clergie within the Arch Deaconry of Lewes and Deanery of South Malling, with the Deanery of Battell, by Reginald W. Sackville-West, published 1859 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 11, notes & queries, pp.225-227) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2096] & The Keep [LIB/500230] & S.A.S. library   View Online

A short memoir of the last days of John Vinall, nearly fifty years minister of Jireh Chapel, Lewes, by Ebenezer Vinall, published 1860 (Brighton) accessible at: British Library

written by his son E. Vinall together with full particulars of the funeral service conducted by J. Grace and M. Welland.

Some Memorials of Old Lewes, by William Figg, F.S.A., published 1861 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 13, article, pp.1-48) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2098] & The Keep [LIB/500232] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Memorials of Old Lewes, by William Figg, published 1862 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 14, notes & queries, p.266) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2099] & The Keep [LIB/500233] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Extracts from Documents illustrative of the Sufferings of the Quakers in Lewes, by William Figg, F.S.A., published 1864 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 16, article, pp.65-125) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2101] & The Keep [LIB/500235] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Poll Book, published 1865

A Poll taken by Mr. Henry S. Gorringe and Mr. Henry Goldsmith, Chief Officers of the Borough of Lewes, on the 13th day of July, 1865, for the Election of Two Burgesses, to represent the said Borough in the ensuing Parliament to be holden at Westminster, On Tuesday, the 15th day of August, 1865

James Lambert, by Mark Antony Lower, published 1865 in The Worthies of Sussex (pp.39-40) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 3208][Lib 3233][Lib 3304] & The Keep [LIB/503515][LIB/504913]

Richard Russell, M.D., F.R.S., by Mark Antony Lower, published 1865 in The Worthies of Sussex (pp.59-61) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 3208][Lib 3233][Lib 3304] & The Keep [LIB/503515][LIB/504913]

Magnus, A Danish Prince; A Lewes Anchorite, by Mark Antony Lower, published 1865 in The Worthies of Sussex (pp.134-136) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 3208][Lib 3233][Lib 3304] & The Keep [LIB/503515][LIB/504913]

Mr. John Baxter, by Mark Antony Lower, published 1865 in The Worthies of Sussex (pp.283-284) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 3208][Lib 3233][Lib 3304] & The Keep [LIB/503515][LIB/504913]

Black's Guide to Brighton and Vicinity, including Lewes, Shoreham and Newhaven, by Black & Co. Ltd., published 1866 (54 pp., Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black) accessible at: British Library

Valuations of the Rapes of Lewes and Pevensey Rapes, 1649, by W. D. C. [William Durrant Cooper], published 1867 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 19, notes & queries, pp.207-208) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2104] & The Keep [LIB/500238] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Poll Book, published 1868 (Farncombe & Bates)

A Poll taken by Mr. James Broad and Mr. Frederick Flint, Chief Officers of the Borough of Lewes, on the 18th day of November, 1868, for the Election of a Burgess, to represent the said Borough in the ensuing Parliament to be holden at Westminster, On Thursday, the 10th day of December, 1868.

The Ancient Merchant Guild of Lewes, and the subsequent Municipal Regulations of the Town, by Rev. Edward Turner, published 1869 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 21, article, pp.90-107) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2016] & The Keep [LIB/500239] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Lewes, by Mark Antony Lower, M.A., published 1870 in A Compendious History of Sussex, Topographical, Archaeological & Anecdotal (vol. II, pp.16-27, Lewes: George P. Bacon) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8946][Lib 3315] & The Keep [LIB/500158]   View Online

Carriage of Timber to Lewes, by F. H. Arnold, published 1870 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 22, notes & queries, p.235) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2017] & The Keep [LIB/500240] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Woughton, juxta Lewes, by The Editor, published 1871 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 23, notes & queries, pp.324-325) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2108] & The Keep [LIB/500241] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Ordnance Survey Book of Reference to the plan of the Parishes of All Saints, St. Michael and St. Thomas in the Cliffe and the Precinct of the Castle (ex. Par.) (Town of Lewes), published 1875 (article, London: H.M.S.O. & printed at George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode)   View Online

Ordnance Survey Book of Reference to the plan of the Parish of St. Anne (St. Peter and St. ary Westout), published 1875 (article, London: H.M.S.O. & printed at George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode)   View Online

Ordnance Survey Book of Reference to the plan of the Parish of St. John Sub Castro, published 1875 (article, London: H.M.S.O. & printed at George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode)   View Online

Ancient Seal found at Lewes, by Mark Antony Lower, published 1875 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 26, article, p.272) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2111] & The Keep [LIB/500244] & S.A.S. library   View Online

A Handbook for Lewes, Historical and Descriptive, by Mark Antony Lower, published 1880 (3rd editioh, J. Richards) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

The White Lion - An extinct Inn at Lewes, by Frederick E. Sawyer, published 1880 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 30, notes & queries, pp.245-247) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2115] & The Keep [LIB/500248] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Early Wills at Lewes, by F. W. T. Attree, published 1882 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 32, article, pp.123-140) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2117] & The Keep [LIB/500250] & S.A.S. library   View Online

The History of London by William Maitland F.R.S., 1739 [references to Lewes and Battle], by P. de Putron, published 1882 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 32, notes & queries, p.232) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2117] & The Keep [LIB/500250] & S.A.S. library   View Online

City Mansion of the Prior of Lewes, by P. de Putron, published 1883 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 33, notes & queries, p.269) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2118] & The Keep [LIB/500251] & S.A.S. library   View Online

The Castle of Lewes, by George T. Clark, published 1886 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 34, article, pp.57-68) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2119] & The Keep [LIB/500252] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Some Supplementary Notes on the Castle of Lewes, by Somers Clarke, F.S.A., published 1886 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 34, article, pp.69-70) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2119] & The Keep [LIB/500252] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Dedication of St. Ann's Church, Lewes, by F. E. S. [Frederck E. Sawyer], published 1887 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 35, notes & queries, p.191) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2120] & The Keep [LIB/500253] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Archaeological Discovery at 'Cuckoo Bottom', Lewes, by Charles T. Phillips, published 1888 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 36, notes & queries, p.243) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2121] & The Keep [LIB/500254] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Roman Coin found near Lewes, by C. T. Phillips, published 1890 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 37, notes & queries, p.195) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2122] & The Keep [LIB/500255] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Important Discovery of Anglo-Saxon Remains at Kingston, Lewes, by John Sawyer, published 1892 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 38, article, pp.177-183) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2123] & The Keep [LIB/500256] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Portions of Old Walls found at Lewes, by C. E. Clayton, published 1892 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 38, notes & queries, pp.200-201) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2123] & The Keep [LIB/500256] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Pottery (Broken) found near Lewes, by C. T. P. [Charles T. Phillips], published 1892 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 38, notes & queries, pp.213-214) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2123] & The Keep [LIB/500256] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Relics of Medieval Lewes, by C. T. P. [Charles T. Phillips], published 1892 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 38, notes & queries, p.224) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2123] & The Keep [LIB/500256] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Relics of Ancient Lewes, by C. T. P. [Charles T. Phillips], published 1892 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 38, notes & queries, p.225) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2123] & The Keep [LIB/500256] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Interesting Additions to the Museum, by C. T. Phillips, published 1894 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 39, notes & queries, p.216) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2124] & The Keep [LIB/500257] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Query, "La Peryne", St. Michael's, Lewes, by C. T. Phillips, published 1894 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 39, notes & queries, pp.223-224) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2124] & The Keep [LIB/500257] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Battles and Battlefields in England, by C. R. B. Barrett, published 1896 (London: A. D. Innes & Co.)   View Online

Lewes a Hundred Years ago, by Charles T. Phillips, published 1896 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 40, article, pp.252-260) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2125] & The Keep [LIB/500258] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Notes on Old Lewes, by C. T. Phillips, published 1896 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 40, notes & queries, p.272) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2125] & The Keep [LIB/500258] & S.A.S. library   View Online

St Michael's Church, Lewes, by John Sawyer, published 1896 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 40, notes & queries, pp.282-283) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2125] & The Keep [LIB/500258] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Guide to Lewes. The Castle and the Priory, by John Sawyer, published c.1900 (Ringmer: Frank W. Burgess) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

Calendar of wills and administrations in the archdeaconry court of Lewes together with those in the archbishop of Canterbury's peculiar jurisdiction of South Malling and the peculiar of Battle, by William Hamilton Hall, published 1901 (vol. 24, British Record Society) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/504711][Lib/501529] & East Sussex Libraries

Marriage Licences at Lewes, 1586-1642, by Edwin H. W. Dunkin, published 1902 (vol. 1, Sussex Record Society) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8348][Lib 8000][Lib 2217] & The Keep [LIB/500377][Lib/504452]   View Online

The Churchwardens' Accounts of St Andrew's and St Michael's, Lewes, from 1522 to 1601, by H. Michell Whitley, published 1902 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 45, article, pp.40-61) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2130] & The Keep [LIB/500263] & S.A.S. library   View Online

The Testament and Will of Agnes Morley, Widow, Foundress of the Free Grammar School at Lewes, dated 1511 and 1512, by R. Garraway Rice, F.S.A., published 1903 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 46, article, pp.134-144) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2131] & The Keep [LIB/500264] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Lewes, by E. V. Lucas with illustrations by Frederick L. Griggs, published 1904 in Highways and Byways in Sussex (Chapter XXVI, London: Macmillan & Co.) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 41][Lib 12792][Lib 15825] & The Keep [LIB/500142]   View Online

Some Lewes Men of Note [including Tom Paine, Gideon Mantell, M. A. Lower and John Evelyn], by George Holman, published 1905 (88 pp., Lewes: W. E. Baxter) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/503447] & East Sussex Libraries

Notes from the Act Books of the Archdeaconry Court of Lewes, by Walter C. Renshaw, K.C., published 1906 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 49, article, pp.47-66) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2134] & The Keep [LIB/500267] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Marriage Licences at Lewes, 1670-1732, by Edwin H. W. Dunkin, published 1907 (vol. 6, Sussex Record Society) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8005][Lib 2222] & The Keep [LIB/500382][Lib/504453]   View Online

Houses of Cluniac monks: Priory of Lewes, by William Page, F.S.A., published 1907 in The Victoria History of the County of Sussex (vol. 2: Ecclesiastical, Maritime, Social and Economic History, Population 1801-1901, Industries, Agriculture, Forestry, Architecture, Schools and Sport, pp.64-71, London: Victoria County History, ISBN-10: 0712905863 & ISBN-13: 9780712905862) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2399][Lib 9097] & The Keep [LIB/500090][LIB/504899] & R.I.B.A. Library & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries   View Online

Houses of Franciscan Friars: Lewes, by William Page, F.S.A., published 1907 in The Victoria History of the County of Sussex (vol. 2: Ecclesiastical, Maritime, Social and Economic History, Population 1801-1901, Industries, Agriculture, Forestry, Architecture, Schools and Sport, pp.95-96, London: Victoria County History, ISBN-10: 0712905863 & ISBN-13: 9780712905862) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2399][Lib 9097] & The Keep [LIB/500090][LIB/504899] & R.I.B.A. Library & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries   View Online

Houses of Benedictine nuns: Nunnery of 'Ramestede', by William Page, F.S.A., published 1907 in The Victoria History of the County of Sussex (vol. 2: Ecclesiastical, Maritime, Social and Economic History, Population 1801-1901, Industries, Agriculture, Forestry, Architecture, Schools and Sport, p.63, London: Victoria County History, ISBN-10: 0712905863 & ISBN-13: 9780712905862) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2399][Lib 9097] & The Keep [LIB/500090][LIB/504899] & R.I.B.A. Library & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries   View Online

Hospitals: St James, Lewes, by William Page, F.S.A., published 1907 in The Victoria History of the County of Sussex (vol. 2: Ecclesiastical, Maritime, Social and Economic History, Population 1801-1901, Industries, Agriculture, Forestry, Architecture, Schools and Sport, p.103, London: Victoria County History, ISBN-10: 0712905863 & ISBN-13: 9780712905862) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2399][Lib 9097] & The Keep [LIB/500090][LIB/504899] & R.I.B.A. Library & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries   View Online

Hospitals: St Nicholas, Lewes, by William Page, F.S.A., published 1907 in The Victoria History of the County of Sussex (vol. 2: Ecclesiastical, Maritime, Social and Economic History, Population 1801-1901, Industries, Agriculture, Forestry, Architecture, Schools and Sport, p.104, London: Victoria County History, ISBN-10: 0712905863 & ISBN-13: 9780712905862) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2399][Lib 9097] & The Keep [LIB/500090][LIB/504899] & R.I.B.A. Library & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries   View Online

The Parliamentary History of the Borough of Lewes, 1295-1885, by Wallace Henry Hills, published 1908 (pamphlet, 45 pp., Lewes: Farncombe & Co. Ltd.) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 4268] & The Keep [LIB/502869] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Lewes Nonconformity in the Early Eighteenth Century, by J. E. Ray, published 1908 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 51, notes & queries, pp.183-186) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2136] & The Keep [LIB/500269] & S.A.S. library   View Online

The Life and Times of Richard Challoner, 1691-1781, Volume I, by Edwin H. Burton, D.D., published 1909 (London: Longmans, Green & Co.)   View Online

English Homes and Villages, Kent & Sussex also published as Tunbridge Wells and its Neighbourhood, by Lady Elizabeth R. Hope, published 1909 (296 pp., Sevenoaks: J. Salmon) accessible at: & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries   View Online

A New Guide to Lewes: its Castle, Priory, Churches and Neighbourhood, by W. Heneage Legge, published c.1909 (52 pp., London: Enterprise Printing Co.) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 4267] & British Library & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

with notes on the Museum and an account of the Battle of Lewes & illustrated with drawings by Arthur Legge and with photographs and a map of the town.

Sussex in the Great Civil War and the Interregnum, by Charles Thomas-Stanford, published 1910 (xxiii + 354 pp., London: Chiswick Press) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8301] & The Keep [LIB/500155] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries   View Online

The Dedication of St Anne's Church, Lewes, by F. Bentham Stevens, published 1911 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 54, notes & queries, pp.265-270) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2139] & The Keep [LIB/500272] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Some Clergy of the Archdeaconry of Lewes and South Malling Deanery, by Walter C. Renshaw, LL.M., K.C., published 1912 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 55, article, pp.220-277) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2140] & The Keep [LIB/500273] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Bishop's Transcripts for the Archdeaconry of Lewes, by W. C. Renshaw, published 1912 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 55, notes & queries, p.314) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2140] & The Keep [LIB/500273] & S.A.S. library   View Online

The control of tuberculosis as practised in the county town of Lewes, by J.R. Steinhaeuser, published 1 November 1912 in Journal of the Royal Sanitary Institute (vol. 33, no. 11, article, pp.533-537)

Written by the town's Medical Officer of Health.

A description of the new sewerage scheme for Lewes, with special reference to the discharge of effluents into tidal streams, by D. Roberts, published 1 November 1912 in Journal of the Royal Sanitary Institute (vol. 33, no. 11, article, pp.538-545)

Written by the Borough Surveyor.

The Story of an Old Meeting House [Westgate Chapel], by J. M. Connell, published 1916 (x + 125 pp., Longmans, Green & Co.) accessible at: & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

The Verrall Family of Lewes, by Perceval Lucas, published 1916 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 58, article, pp.91-131) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2143] & The Keep [LIB/500276] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Marriage Licences at Lewes, 1772-1837, A to L, by Edwin H. W. Dunkin and E. W. D. Penfold, published 1917 (vol. 25, Sussex Record Society) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2241][Lib 8024] & The Keep [LIB/500398][Lib/504456]

The First Castle of William de Warenne, by A. Hadrian Allcroft, published 1917 in The Archaeological Journal (vol. 74, article, pp.36-78)   View Online

Necrology, published 1917 in Proceedings of the New York State Historical Association (vol. 16, article, pp.276-292)   View Online

Obituary of Robert Henry Belcher (born 1846) who became Rector of St Michael in Lewes in 1896.

Marriage Licences at Lewes, 1772-1837, M to Z, by Edwin H. W. Dunkin and E. W. D. Penfold, published 1919 (vol. 26, Sussex Record Society) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2242][Lib 8025] & The Keep [LIB/500399]

The new gate to an old meeting house: an address … at Westgate Chapel, Lewes, by J. M. Connell, published 1921 (6 pp & 1 leaf of plates, Lewes: Farncombe & Co.) accessible at: British Library

A Visit to Lewes, by R. Thurston Hopkins, published 1921 in Kipling's Sussex (Chapter X, pp.163-181, London: Simkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co.) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16008][Lib 17091] & The Keep [LIB/504753] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries   View Online

On Glauconite from the Greensand Near Lewes, Sussex; the Constitution of Glauconite, by A. F. Hallimond, published 1922 in Mineralogical Magazine (vol. 19, no. 98, article, pp.330-333)

The Castle of Lewes, by L. F. Salzman, F.S.A., published 1922 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 63, article, pp.166-179) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2148] & The Keep [LIB/500281] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Mounts at Lewes and Ringmer, by H. S. Toms, published 1922 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 63, notes & queries, pp.223-226) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2148] & The Keep [LIB/500281] & S.A.S. library   View Online

An Old Lewes Map, by Reginald Blaker, published 1922 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 63, notes & queries, pp.235-237) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2148] & The Keep [LIB/500281] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Report of Local Secretary. Lewes, by Reginald Blaker, published 1922 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 63, notes & queries, pp.243-244) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2148] & The Keep [LIB/500281] & S.A.S. library   View Online

The Castle of Lewes, by L. F. Salzman, F.S.A., published 1923 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 64, article, pp.134-139) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2149] & The Keep [LIB/500282] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Report of Local Secretary. Lewes, by Reginald Blaker, published 1923 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 64, notes & queries, pp.203-204) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2149] & The Keep [LIB/500282] & S.A.S. library   View Online

At the Sign of The Bull, Lewes with an account of Thomas Paine's residence in Lewes, by Walter H. Godfrey and J. M. Connell, published 1924 (xi + 35 pp., Lewes: Eyre & Spottiswoode) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/502882] & East Sussex Libraries

Anne of Cleves' House, Southover, Lewes, by Walter H. Godfrey, F.S.A., published 1924 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 65, article, pp.1-19) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2150] & The Keep [LIB/500283] & S.A.S. library

Alabaster Heraldic Tablet found at Lewes, by W. H. Godfrey, published 1924 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 65, notes & queries, pp.259-260) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2150] & The Keep [LIB/500283] & S.A.S. library

Report of Local Secretary. Lewes, by Reginald Blaker, published 1924 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 65, notes & queries, pp.262-263) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2150] & The Keep [LIB/500283] & S.A.S. library

Report of Local Secretary. Lewes, by R. Blaker, published 1925 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 66, notes & queries, pp.242-243) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2151] & The Keep [LIB/500284] & S.A.S. library

Some Lewes Townsfolk of the Past, by Walter H. Godfrey, published 1926 (20 pp., Lewes: Lewes Scientific & Literary Society) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/502909][Lib/501661] & East Sussex Libraries

Report of Local Secretary. Lewes, by R. Blaker, published 1926 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 67, notes & queries, pp.227-228) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2152] & The Keep [LIB/500285] & S.A.S. library

Lewes Heraldry , by Brig.-Gen. Fane Lambarde, C.M.G., D.S.O., published May 1926 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. I no. 2, article, pp.36-37) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8950] & The Keep [LIB/500203] & S.A.S. library

The Old Cliffe Meeting House , by H. Burtenshaw, published November 1926 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. I no. 4, note, pp.123-124) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8950] & The Keep [LIB/500203] & S.A.S. library

Some Lewes Men of Note [including Tom Paine, Gideon Mantell, M. A. Lower and John Evelyn], by George Holman, published 1927 (4th edition, 100 pp., Lewes: W. E. Baxter) accessible at: & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Excavations In the Caburn, near Lewes, by Eliot Curwen, M.A., M.B., B.Ch., F.S.A. and E. Cecil Curwen, M.A., M.B., B.Ch., published 1927 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 68, article, pp.1-56) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2153] & The Keep [LIB/500286] & S.A.S. library

No 173, High Street, Lewes, by Walter H. Godfrey, F.S.A., published 1927 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 68, article, pp.67-78) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2153] & The Keep [LIB/500286] & S.A.S. library

The Parish Churches of Lewes in the Fourteenth Century, by Walter H. Godfrey, F.S.A., published 1927 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 68, article, pp.171-178) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2153] & The Keep [LIB/500286] & S.A.S. library

St Anne's Church, Lewes, by Walter H. Godfrey, published 1927 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 68, notes & queries, p.284) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2153] & The Keep [LIB/500286] & S.A.S. library

Report of Local Secretary. Lewes, by Reginald Blaker, published 1927 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 68, notes & queries, p.287) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2153] & The Keep [LIB/500286] & S.A.S. library

A Sussex Novelist at Home: Mrs Henry Dudeney at Lewes, by M. S. Russell-Goggs, published 1927 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. I no. 1, article, pp.6-9) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2303][Lib 8326] & The Keep [LIB/500137]

An Avalanche in the South Downs: The Lewes Disaster of 1836, by S.C.M. Contributor(s), published 1927 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. I no. 2, article, pp.70-73) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2303][Lib 8326] & The Keep [LIB/500137]

Rambles in Sussex, No 6. Brighton to the Ouse Valley and Lewes, by H. J. Sibley, published 1927 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. I no. 12, article, pp.520-521) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2303][Lib 8326] & The Keep [LIB/500137]

The Seatholders of St Michael's Church, Lewes in 1753 and 1803, with their dwelling houses , by Walter H. Godfrey, F.S.A., F.R.I.B.A., published May 1927 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. I no. 6, article, pp.176-179) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8950] & The Keep [LIB/500203] & S.A.S. library

The Seatholders of St Michael's Church, Lewes in 1753 and 1803, with their dwelling houses , by Walter H. Godfrey, F.S.A., F.R.I.B.A., published August 1927 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. I no. 7, article, pp.210-215) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8950] & The Keep [LIB/500203] & S.A.S. library

St Anne's Church, Lewes, by S.N.Q. contributor, published November 1927 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. I no. 8, note, pp.251-252) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8950] & The Keep [LIB/500203] & S.A.S. library

No. 172 High Street (Moat House) Lewes, published 1928 (National Provincial Bank)

A neat little booklet has been printed by the National Provincial Bank, containing, by permission of our Society, Mr. Godfrey's paper in S.A.C. lxviii, on the history and architecture of Moat House, which occupied the site of their new Bank premises at Lewes. The Bank authorities are to be warmly complimented on the public spirit displayed in connection with these premises. The adaptation of the old building proved impracticable, but everything possible has been done to preserve a record of it. Panelling from two rooms has been refixed in two similar apartments in the new Bank, and all the remaining features of interest have been presented to the Society, along with a set of photographs specially taken for the purpose.

The Friars in Sussex, 1228-1928, by E. B. Poland, published 1928 (xi + 259 pp., Hove: Combridges) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 3] & The Keep [LIB/502170] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

General Baptists in Surrey and Sussex: 1, Lewes-Ditchling, published 1928 in Baptist Quarterly (4(2), article, pp.66-73)

Church of St. Anne, Lewes. an Anchorite's Cell and other Discoveries, by Walter H. Godfrey, F.S.A., published 1928 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 69, article, pp.159-169) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2154] & The Keep [LIB/500287] & S.A.S. library

The Vine, Shelley's, Lewes. A Correction, by Walter H. Godfrey, published 1928 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 69, notes & queries, pp.227-228) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2154] & The Keep [LIB/500287] & S.A.S. library

John Braman of Chichester and Lewes, by Walter H. Godfrey, published 1928 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 69, notes & queries, pp.228-229) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2154] & The Keep [LIB/500287] & S.A.S. library

Report of Local Secretary. Lewes, by Sidney Spokes, published 1928 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 69, notes & queries, pp.234-235) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2154] & The Keep [LIB/500287] & S.A.S. library

An Old Lewes Poor House, by Mrs. Henry Dudeney, published 1928 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. II no. 5, article, pp.209-211) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9327] & The Keep [LIB/500138]

A Saunter up the Sussex Ouse, by W. A. Elvidge, published 1928 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. II no. 9, article, pp.402-403) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9327] & The Keep [LIB/500138]

Newcastle House, Lewes: An Historical Note, by Walter H. Godfrey, F.S.A., published 1928 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. II no. 10, article, pp.433-434) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9327] & The Keep [LIB/500138]

Lewes Gunpowder Plot Celebrations, by Arthur Beckett, published 1928 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. II no. 11, article, pp.486-495) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9327] & The Keep [LIB/500138]

Lewes and its Houses, by S.C.M. Contributor(s), published 1928 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. II no. 12, article, pp.538-541) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9327] & The Keep [LIB/500138]

A Carved Figure from Lewes , by Walter H. Godfrey, published February 1928 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. II no. 1, note, pp.21-22) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8951] & The Keep [LIB/500204] & S.A.S. library

Election Expenses, Lewes, 1727, by W. H. G. [Walter H. Godfrey], published May 1928 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. II no. 2, note, pp.58-60) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8951] & The Keep [LIB/500204] & S.A.S. library

Lewes and its house, by Country Life contributor(s), published September 1928 in Country Life (article) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/502893]

Lewes, by R. Thurston Hopkins, published 1929 in Kipling's Sussex Revisited (pp.91-104, London: H. Jenkins Ltd) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15871][Lib 17092] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Report of Local Secretary. Lewes, by Sidney Spokes, published 1929 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 70, notes & queries, pp.221-222) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2155] & The Keep [LIB/500359] & S.A.S. library

Two Sussex Bishops: The Right Rev Winfred Oldfield Burrows, D.D., Bishop of Chichester & The Right Rev William Champion Streatfeild, Suffragan Bishop of Lewes, by Rev. A. A. Evans, published 1929 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. III no. 4, article, pp.260-261) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2307] & The Keep [LIB/500139]

Lewes Corporation Plate, by F. W. Jackson, published 1929 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. III no. 10, article, pp.692-695) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2307] & The Keep [LIB/500140]

A Litigious Anchorite, by L. F. Salzman, M.A., F.S.A., published February 1929 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. II no. 5, article, pp.135-137) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8951] & The Keep [LIB/500204] & S.A.S. library

Tithes belonging to Lewes Friars, 1547, by S.N.Q. contributor, published February 1929 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. II no. 5, note, pp.145-146) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8951] & The Keep [LIB/500204] & S.A.S. library

Rotten Row, Lewes, by W. H. G. [W. H. Godfrey], published May 1929 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. II no. 6, note, p.179) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8951] & The Keep [LIB/500204] & S.A.S. library

The Family of Kyme in Lewes , by Walter H. Godfrey, published May 1929 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. II no. 6, note, pp.182-183) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8951] & The Keep [LIB/500204] & S.A.S. library

Scottish Royal Arms, Naval Prison, Lewes, by W. H. G. [W. H. Godfrey], published August 1929 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. II no. 7, note, pp.214-215) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8951] & The Keep [LIB/500204] & S.A.S. library

Lewes House and School Hill House, by W. H. G. [W. H. Godfrey], published November 1929 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. II no. 8, note, pp.243-244) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8951] & The Keep [LIB/500204] & S.A.S. library

A Lewes Priory Charter, by S.N.Q. contributor, published November 1929 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. II no. 8, note, pp.251-254) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8951] & The Keep [LIB/500204] & S.A.S. library

Lewes Old Bank, by S.N.Q. contributor, published November 1929 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. II no. 8, note, pp.254-255) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8951] & The Keep [LIB/500204] & S.A.S. library

The Place-names of Sussex, Part II: The Rapes of Lewes, Pevensey and Hastings, by Allen Mawer and Frank Merry Stenton, published 1930 (Cambridge University Press) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10137][Lib 5597][Lib 8295] & The Keep [LIB/500115][Lib/504722] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

The second, and concluding, volume of the English Place-Name Society on Sussex has followed the first at a commendably short interval, and brings to completion a very notable piece of work, which must long remain a standard book of reference for all students of Sussex history.
This volume deals with the place-names in the three eastern rapes; and as these are larger in area than the western rapes the material to be worked through is more extensive. There is no further introductory matter, though many readers would have welcomed comment from Professor Mawer and perhaps fresh light on the early settlement of Sussex. But after the individual names have been disposed of there is, as in the other volumes in the series, a chapter on field names, and another on the distribution of the various elements. Finally there is the indispensable index to the two volumes.

Lynchet Burials near Lewes, by Eliot Curwen and E. Cecil Curwen, published 1930 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 71, notes & queries, pp.254-257) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2156] & The Keep [LIB/500358] & S.A.S. library

Report of Local Secretary. Lewes, by Sidney Spokes, published 1930 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 71, notes & queries, pp.265-266) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2156] & The Keep [LIB/500358] & S.A.S. library

Sussex and the U.S.A. 3 - Sussex and Thomas Paine, by David McLean, published 1930 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. IV no. 3, article, pp.184-190; no. 4, pp.293-301) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2308][Lib 2309] & The Keep [LIB/500172]

Historic Houses of Sussex - Stanmer, near Lewes, by Viscountess Wolseley, published 1930 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. IV no. 5, article, pp.349-356) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2308][Lib 2309] & The Keep [LIB/500172]

Sussex and the U.S.A. 4 - Herbert Pelham, First Treasurer of Harvard College, by David McLean, published 1930 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. IV no. 5, article, pp.357-369) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2308][Lib 2309] & The Keep [LIB/500172]

When Lewes Entertained a King, by Ivy L. Barfoot, published 1930 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. IV no. 10, article, pp.878-882) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2308][Lib 2309] & The Keep [LIB/500173]

Effigies and Arms of Hassard, All Saints, Lewes, by Walter H. Godfrey, published May 1930 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. III no. 2, query, pp.58-59) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8952][Lib 8221] & The Keep [LIB/500205] & S.A.S. library

Lewes, Its Religious History, by J. M. Connell, published 1931 (180 pp., Lewes: W. E. Baxter) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/503457] & East Sussex Libraries

Report of Local Secretary. Lewes, by Sidney Spokes, published 1931 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 72, notes & queries, pp.278-279) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2157] & The Keep [LIB/500357] & S.A.S. library

Lewes and Armada Days, by Edward Shoosmith, published 1931 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. V no. 1, article, pp.14-16) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2310] & The Keep [LIB/500174]

The Call to Arms at Lewes. 1 - Mobilization, by G. E. Collins, published 1931 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. V no. 9, article, pp.629-632) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2310] & The Keep [LIB/500174]

The Call to Arms at Lewes. 2 - Kitchener's Men, by G. E. Collins, published 1931 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. V no. 10, article, pp.672-673) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2310] & The Keep [LIB/500174]

The Call to Arms at Lewes. 3 - The Divisional Riding Establishment, by G. E. Collins, published 1931 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. V no. 11, article, pp.738-741) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2310] & The Keep [LIB/500174]

The Call to Arms at Lewes. 4 - Under Canvas and Aldershot, by G. E. Collins, published 1931 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. V no. 12, article, pp.804-808) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2310] & The Keep [LIB/500174]

Barbican House, Lewes , by Walter H. Godfrey, published February 1931 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. III no. 5, article, pp.163-164) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8952][Lib 8221] & The Keep [LIB/500205] & S.A.S. library

Trayton of Lewes, Sketch Pedigree , by Walter H. Godfrey, published November 1931 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. III no. 8, article, pp.250-252) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8952][Lib 8221] & The Keep [LIB/500205] & S.A.S. library

Sussex Genealogies, Vol 3, Lewes Centre, compiled by John Comber, published 1932 (vi + 366 pp., Cambridge: W. Heffer & Sons) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10586][Lib 3083][Lib 8290] & The Keep [LIB/503530] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

The third volume of this valuable collection has just been published. It deals with those families who have special connection with the Lewes neighbourhood, but is in no way confined to the town or its inhabitants. In this way the description as 'Lewes Centre' is somewhat misleading as it gives a limited idea of the scope of the volume. To take some specimens at random, we find the Lewknor pedigree, with branches of Trotton, Tangmer, West Dean, and Kingston Bowsey; Luxford of Hurstpierpoint; Dobell of Streat; Courthope of Danny and Whiligh; Campion of Danny.
It is well that the work of a life-time of patient and accurate research is being preserved and made available to the general public by means of this series of volumes.
As a work of reference it is invaluable, and we hope that the sale of the existing instalments will enable the Editors to continue their publication.

The Official Guide to Lewes, edited by Walter H. Godfrey, F.S.A., published 1932 (Lewes: The Lewes Press, Friar's Walk) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/508877] & East Sussex Libraries

This excellent publication is packed with authentic information and well illustrated by good photographs of all the important buildings. A clear sketch map of the town occupies the centre of the book, and plans of the Castle and Priory Ruins are also included. The Borough of Lewes has a Publishing Committee, who are to be congratulated on having Mr. W. H. Godfrey as their Editor. Not only has he a wide knowledge of architectural history extended far beyond the bounds of Lewes and Sussex, but he has that personal interest and affection for his subject which can only be attained by the dwellers within the precincts.
Mr. E. G. Bedford, another well-known Lewes man, has supplied all the photographs (except one of oxen by Mr. J. A. Sharpe) and has also contributed the chapter on the Natural History of the neighbourhood.
The advertisements deserve a word of comment for Mr. E. F. Harvey has illustrated some of them in a refreshing manner.
Altogether Lewes has set a high standard for Town Guides.

Report of Local Secretary. Lewes, by Sidney Spokes, published 1932 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 73, notes & queries, pp.207-208) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2158] & The Keep [LIB/500356] & S.A.S. library

The De Warennes of Lewes, by C. E. Snowden, M.A., published 1932 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. VI no. 2, article, pp.116-119; no. 3, pp.189-193) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9325] & The Keep [LIB/500175]

Some Reminiscences of Old Lewes, by Mrs. G. Vere Benson, published 1932 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. VI no. 3, article, pp.184-189) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9325] & The Keep [LIB/500175]

A Bronze Age Barrow, by Sidney Spokes, published 1932 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. VI no. 10, article, pp.651-656) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9325] & The Keep [LIB/500175]

Lewes and the Downs and Countryside, with special articles on the Crafts, Industries and Country Life of East Sussex, by Lionel Cooke, published c.1933 (84 pp., East Sussex Rural Community Council) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/508883] & East Sussex Libraries

The Boundary between the Rapes of Lewes and Bramber, by Frank Bentham Stevens, published 1933 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 74, notes & queries, pp.243-244) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2159] & The Keep [LIB/500355] & S.A.S. library

Report of Local Secretary. Lewes, by Sidney Spokes, published 1933 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 74, notes & queries, pp.248-250) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2159] & The Keep [LIB/500355] & S.A.S. library

A Tour into Sussex, 1788, continued, by Hon. John Byng, published 1933 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. VII no. 5, article, pp.298-303) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2312] & The Keep [LIB/500176]

Mrs Steere, the Lewes Grave-Digger, by M. L. Scott, published 1933 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. VII no. 9, article, pp.611-612) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2312] & The Keep [LIB/500176]

St. Thomas-at-Cliffe, Lewes, by W. H. G. [W. H. Godfrey], published August 1933 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. IV no. 7, article, pp.216-217) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2203][Lib 8222][Lib 8861] & The Keep [LIB/500206] & S.A.S. library

The Story of the Lewes Baptists, by Edgar B. Keeble, published 1934 (32 pp., Lewes: W. E. Baxter) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries

Famous Sussex Inns. I - The White Hart, Lewes, by George Tremaine, published 1934 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. VIII no. 1, article, pp.20-24) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9329] & The Keep [LIB/500177]

A Girls' School at Lewes, 100 years ago, by Maude Robinson, published 1934 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. VIII no. 7, article, pp.427-432) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9329] & The Keep [LIB/500178]

The Borough of Lewes in 1498, by L. F. Salzman, F.S.A., published August 1934 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. V no. 3, article, pp.65-70) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2204][Lib 8223][Lib 8862] & The Keep [LIB/500207] & S.A.S. library

Swanborough Manor, Lewes, the residence of Mr Cecil Harrison, by Country Life contributor(s), published 3 November 1934 in Country Life (article) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/502881][Lib/502923]

The Borough of Lewes in 1498, by L. F. Salzman, F.S.A., published November 1934 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. V no. 3, article, pp.97-101) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2204][Lib 8223][Lib 8862] & The Keep [LIB/500207] & S.A.S. library

Recent Finds [at Lewes and Steyning], by Editor, published November 1934 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. V no. 4, note, pp.123-124) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2204][Lib 8223][Lib 8862] & The Keep [LIB/500207] & S.A.S. library

The Last Prior of Lewes, by L. F. Salzman, published 1935 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 76, article, pp.178-182) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2161] & The Keep [LIB/500353] & S.A.S. library

"Bygones" in the Sussex Museums: The Phoenix Ironworks, Lewes, by S.C.M. Contributor(s), published 1935 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. IX no. 1, article, pp.50-51; no. 3, pp.154-155) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9330] & The Keep [LIB/500179]

The Lewes Borough Museum, by E. J. Bedford, curator, published 1935 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. IX no. 2, article, pp.99-102) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9330] & The Keep [LIB/500179]

School Life at Lewes in the 'Seventies', by Maude Robinson, published 1935 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. IX no. 10, article, pp.622-626) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9330] & The Keep [LIB/500180]

John Every of Lewes: The Story of the Phoenix Iron Works, by S.C.M. Contributor(s), published 1935 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. IX no. 11, article, pp.722-724) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9330] & The Keep [LIB/500180]

"Service First" being a Lewes Story of Business Progress, by S.C.M. Contributor(s), published 1935 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. IX no. 12, article, pp.795-797) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9330] & The Keep [LIB/500180]

Plan of Lewes Levels, 1620, by Walter H. Godfrey, published February 1935 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. V no. 5, article, pp.142-143) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2204][Lib 8223][Lib 8862] & The Keep [LIB/500207] & S.A.S. library

Recent Finds, Lewes, by S. S. [S. Spokes], published February 1935 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. V no. 5, note, pp.157-158) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2204][Lib 8223][Lib 8862] & The Keep [LIB/500207] & S.A.S. library

Sussex Sailing Ships. 4 - The Loss of the Brig Galway Lass of Lewes, by M. Rome, published 1936 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. X no. 5, article, pp.313-325) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2315][Lib 9331] & The Keep [LIB/500181]

The Stansfield Effigies, Lewes, by Walter H. Godfrey, published February 1938 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. VII no. 1, article, pp.1-2) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 12536][Lib 8864][Lib 2206] & The Keep [LIB/500209] & S.A.S. library

Parish Register of All Saints, Lewes, by W. H. G. [W. H. Godfrey], published August 1939 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. VII no. 7, note, p.222) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 12536][Lib 8864][Lib 2206] & The Keep [LIB/500209] & S.A.S. library

The Priory Mounds of Lewes and Christchurch, by Lieut.-Col. D. Macleod, published November 1939 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. VII no. 8, article, pp.228-229) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 12536][Lib 8864][Lib 2206] & The Keep [LIB/500209] & S.A.S. library

Parish Register of All Saints, Lewes, by W. H. G. [W. H. Godfrey], published November 1939 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. VII no. 8, note, pp.246-247) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 12536][Lib 8864][Lib 2206] & The Keep [LIB/500209] & S.A.S. library

Records of the Barony and Honour of the Rape of Lewes, by Arnold J. Taylor, published 1940 (vol. 44, Sussex Record Society) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2260] & The Keep [LIB/500420] & West Sussex Libraries

In this volume Mr. Taylor has brought together a number of records bearing upon the administration of the jurisdiction exercised by the Lords of the Rape of Lewes. The main record, published by kind permission of the Duke of Norfolk, is a series of Court Rolls of the Barony covering the period from June, 1265, to August, 1266; these are printed in the original Latin. There then follow in an English translation, Extracts from Court Rolls of about 100 years later and two Account Rolls of the Barony, and finally a number of Inquisitions and Extents, 1265-1300, concerning lands within the Rape. The nearness in date of the early series of rolls to the culmination of the Barons' War at the Battle of Lewes (1264) is brought out by two references to the war, one (p.23) to a prisoner of the Earl (de Warenne) in his castle at Reigate "because he was against him in the time of the trouble in the kingdom," and the other (p.26) referring to 25 sheep belonging to the Chaplain of Hamsey which were in the custody of the Earl at Brittelmeston, because they were seized by the Earl's men "in the time of the war."
Besides the usual Index of Names and Places, the volume has a useful Index Rerum which, in addition to serving to some extent as a glossary to the Latin portion of the rolls, draws attention to many points of interest. For example, one notices the variety of articles that were from time to time seized as security for a defendant's appearance to answer the claim made against him. In one such case (p.26) a hatchet, a hauberk, and a trivet were taken, and in another, a pick, a hoe and a spade, but more frequently the distraint was made upon farm stock.

The Rape and Honour of Lewes & the Borough of Lewes, edited by L. F. Salzman, published 1940 in The Victoria History of the County of Sussex (vol. 7: The Rape of Lewes, pp.1-43, London: Victoria County History, ISBN-10: 0712905898 & ISBN-13: 9780712905893) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7398] & The Keep [LIB/500082] & R.I.B.A. Library & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries   View Online

Excavation of the London - Lewes Road at Holtye, by Ivan D. Margary, F.S.A., published 1940 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 81, article, pp.43-54) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2166] & The Keep [LIB/500348] & S.A.S. library

A Lewes Man as King's Smith in the 13th Century, by W. H. Godfrey, published February 1940 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. VIII no. 1, note, pp.25-26) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8865][Lib 2207] & The Keep [LIB/500210] & S.A.S. library

Parish Register of All Saints, Lewes, by W. H. G. [W. H. Godfrey], published February 1940 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. VIII no. 1, note, p.27) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8865][Lib 2207] & The Keep [LIB/500210] & S.A.S. library

Alterations to the London-Lewes Road in the Coaching Era, by Ivan D. Margary, F.S.A., published August 1940 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. VIII no. 3, article, pp.65-67) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8865][Lib 2207] & The Keep [LIB/500210] & S.A.S. library

Halsted Family in Lewes Registers, by A. H. Bryant, published August 1940 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. VIII no. 3, query, p.86) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8865][Lib 2207] & The Keep [LIB/500210] & S.A.S. library

Halsted Family in Lewes Registers, by W. H. G. [W. H. Godfrey], published August 1940 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. VIII no. 3, reply, p.88) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8865][Lib 2207] & The Keep [LIB/500210] & S.A.S. library

Brack Mount, Lewes, by Walter H. Godfrey, published November 1940 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. VIII no. 4, query, p.123) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8865][Lib 2207] & The Keep [LIB/500210] & S.A.S. library

Alterations to the London-Lewes Road in the Coaching Era, by G. D. Johnston, published November 1940 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. VIII no. 4, reply, p.125) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8865][Lib 2207] & The Keep [LIB/500210] & S.A.S. library

Barbican House, Lewes, by Walter H. Godfrey, published 1941 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 82, article, pp.3-19) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2167] & The Keep [LIB/500347] & S.A.S. library

Lewes Market, by Unknown, published February 1941 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. VIII no. 5, article, pp.139-143) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8865][Lib 2207] & The Keep [LIB/500210] & S.A.S. library

St. John-sub-Castro, Church and Site, Lewes, by W. H. Godfrey, published May 1942 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. IX no. 2, article, pp.25-28) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8227][Lib 2208] & The Keep [LIB/500211] & S.A.S. library

Sussex Church Plans LXI: St. John [the Baptist] Sub Castro, Lewes, by Walter H. Godfrey, published August 1942 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. IX no. 3, article, pp.53-56) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8227][Lib 2208] & The Keep [LIB/500211] & S.A.S. library

An Eel-Spear from Lewes, by E. Cecil Curwen, F.S.A., published November 1942 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. IX no. 4, article, pp.81-82) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8227][Lib 2208] & The Keep [LIB/500211] & S.A.S. library

Pottery from the Site of the Star Inn, Lewes, by L. F. Salzman, published November 1942 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. IX no. 4, note, p.92) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8227][Lib 2208] & The Keep [LIB/500211] & S.A.S. library

The Church of St. Michael, Lewes, by Walter H. Godfrey, F.S.A., published May 1943 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. IX no. 5, article, pp.121-123) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8227][Lib 2208] & The Keep [LIB/500211] & S.A.S. library

The Warren(?) Shield at St. Michael's, Lewes, by R. H. D'Elboux, published May 1943 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. IX no. 5, article, pp.123-124) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8227][Lib 2208] & The Keep [LIB/500211] & S.A.S. library

Sussex Church Plans LXIII: St. Michaels, Lewes, by Walter H. Godfrey, published August 1943 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. IX no. 7, article, p.151) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8227][Lib 2208] & The Keep [LIB/500211] & S.A.S. library

Old Towns Revisited: No. 11 - Lewes, by W. E. Barber, published 26 January 1944 in Country Life (article, pp.156-159)

Bishop's Transcripts: Archdeaconries of Lewes and Hastings , by W. H. Challen, published February 1944 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. X no. 1, article, pp.9-13) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8228][Lib 2209] & The Keep [LIB/500212] & S.A.S. library

Bishop's Transcripts: Archdeaconries of Lewes and Hastings , by W. H. Challen, published May 1944 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. X no. 2, article, pp.27-33) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8228][Lib 2209] & The Keep [LIB/500212] & S.A.S. library

Lewes, Sussex: a solution of its traffic problem, by Walter Godfrey, published 2 February 1945 in Country Life (article, pp.204-205)

A Sussex Highway (Lewes to Clayton), by Ruth Cobb, published 1946 (59 pp., London: Epworth Press) accessible at: & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

St. Mary Magdalene, Lewes, by W. H. Challen, published November 1946 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XI no. 4, note, pp.93-94) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8229][Lib 2210] & The Keep [LIB/500213] & S.A.S. library

Around Lewes (Footpath Guide No 2), by Ray Silver, published 1947 (70 pp., London: Saint Catherine Press) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/502871] & West Sussex Libraries

The Town Book of Lewes, 1542-1701, edited by L. F. Salzman, published 1947 (vol. 48, 143 pp., Sussex Record Society) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8048][Lib 2264] & The Keep [LIB/500424] & West Sussex Libraries   View Online

Newcastle House, by W. H. G. [W. H. Godfrey], published November 1948 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XII no. 4, note, pp.86-87) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8230] & The Keep [LIB/500214] & S.A.S. library

Lewes Election, 1818, by Rev. A. C. Crookshank, published May 1949 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XII no. 6 & 7, article, pp.132-134) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8230] & The Keep [LIB/500214] & S.A.S. library

The White Hart and the Parker Family, by W. H. G. [W. H. Godfrey], published May 1949 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XII no. 6 & 7, note, pp.164-165) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8230] & The Keep [LIB/500214] & S.A.S. library

Newcastle House, by Walter H. Godfrey, published November 1949 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XII no. 8, article, p.178) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8230] & The Keep [LIB/500214] & S.A.S. library

Churchwardens Presentments, Part II, Archdeaconry of Lewes, by Hilda Johnstone, published 1950 (vol. 50, Sussex Record Society) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2266] & The Keep [LIB/500426][Lib/504460]

The Lewes Station Mystery, by Charles E. Lee, published January 1950 in Railway Magazine (article, pp.44-)   Download PDF

The Lewes Station Mystery (continued), by Charles E. Lee, published January 1950 in Railway Magazine (article, pp.50-)   Download PDF

Tudor decoration (Shelley's Hotel, Lewes), by Country Life contributor(s), published 27 April 1951 in Country Life (article, p.1290)

Sussex Church Plans XCIV: Parish Church of St. Thomas at Cliffe, Lewes, by W. H. G. [W. H. Godfrey], published August 1951 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XIII no. 7, article, pp.156-157) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8231] & The Keep [LIB/500215] & S.A.S. library

An Architectural Account of Anne of Cleves' House Southover, Lewes, by Walter H. Godfrey, published 1953 accessible at: The Keep [LIB/502859]

The Parliamentary Representation of the Sussex Boroughs: Bramber, Midhurst, Lewes, Rye and Winchelsea, 175401768, by Margaret M. Cramp, 1953 at Manchester University (M.A. thesis)

The Constitutional Club, Lewes, 139 High Street, formerly Owsden House), by Walter H. Godfrey, C.B.E., F.S.A., published November 1953 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XIII nos. 15 & 16, article, pp.318-321) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8231] & The Keep [LIB/500215] & S.A.S. library

Newcastle House, Lewes, by Walter H. Godfrey, published 1954 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 92, article, pp.3-23) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2177] & The Keep [LIB/500337] & S.A.S. library

Osbert, dean of Lewes, by V. H. Galbraith, published April 1954 in The English Historical Review (vol. lxix, issue cclxxi, article, pp.289-302, ISSN: 0013-8266)   View Online

The Customs Ports of Sussex, 1680-1730, by John H. Andrews, M.A. (Cantab.), published May 1954 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XIV nos. 1 & 2, article, pp.1-3) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8232][Lib 2213] & The Keep [LIB/500216] & S.A.S. library

The Lewes & East Grinstead Railway, by R. C. Riley, published November 1954 in Railway Magazine (article, pp.664-673)   Download PDF

Lewes Mechanics' Institution, by Alethea Tynan, published 1955 in Bewley House Papers (vol. 3, no. 4, article)

The High Street, Lewes, by Walter H. Godfrey, published 1955 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 93, article, pp.1-33) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2178] & The Keep [LIB/500336] & S.A.S. library

Remains of the West Gate, Lewes, by J. Lambert, published 1956 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. 30, article, p.105) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2335] & The Keep [LIB/500202]

Lewes Market House and Old Town Hall, by Walter H. Godfrey, C.B.E., published May 1958 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XV no. 1, article, pp.1-7) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8233] & The Keep [LIB/500217] & S.A.S. library

Short Histories of Cheltenham, Folkestone, Fontwell Park, Plumpton, Lewes, Alexandra Park, by R. G. [Ralph Greaves] and Peter Campling, published 1959 (48 pp., London: Field Sports Publications) accessible at: British Library

A Collection of Lewes Handbills, 1768 - 1777, by Stanley Godman, published 1959 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 97, article, pp.58-68) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2182] & The Keep [LIB/500332] & S.A.S. library

At the Sign of the Bull, Lewes, by Walter H. Godfrey, published 1960 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 98, article, pp.1-11) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2183][Lib 12591] & The Keep [LIB/500331] & S.A.S. library

The Street Names of Lewes, by L. S. Davey, published 1961 (The Friends of Lewes Society) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/502863][Lib/502863]

This is a useful compilation of interest to all who know Lewes whether as residents or visitors. It contains a good deal of local history not easily acquired elsewhere. In future editions the addition of a modern map or even a rough sketch of Lewes showing the Streets named would be an improvement and the Index might be extended to include names mentioned only in the text, such as "Pinwell" and "Millers Walk."

Stable converted into a dower house, Lewes, Sussex; Architect: William Crabtree, published 12 January 1961 in Country Life (article, pp.72-73)

From Lewes to Newhaven and Seaford, by H. R. Stones, A.M.Inst.T., published March 1961 in Railway Magazine (article, pp.149-154)   Download PDF

Lewes Floods, November 1960, by W. K. Rector, published May 1961 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XV no. 7, note, pp.240-241) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8233] & The Keep [LIB/500217] & S.A.S. library

Lewes Tradesmen in 1340, by L. F. Salzman, published November 1961 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XV no. 8, note, pp.269-270) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8233] & The Keep [LIB/500217] & S.A.S. library

The Building of the County Hall, Lewes, 1808-1812, by Richard F. Dell, published 1962 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 100, article, pp.1-11) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 11489] & The Keep [LIB/500329] & S.A.S. library

The Restoration and Repairs to the Front Elevation of County Hall, Lewes, 1958, by J. Catchpole, published 1962 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 100, article, pp.12-23) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 11489] & The Keep [LIB/500329] & S.A.S. library

Kyme Family of Lewes, by W. H. Challen, published 1962 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 100, article, pp.111-136) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 11489] & The Keep [LIB/500329] & S.A.S. library

Pipemakers of Lewes in the 18th and 19th Centuries, by W. K. Rector, published May 1962 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XV no. 9, article, pp.315-317) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8233][Lib 2982] & The Keep [LIB/500217] & S.A.S. library

Cricket in the Lewes Area from 1814 to 1818, by G. P. Burstow, published November 1962 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XV no. 10, article, pp.328-331) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8233][Lib 2982] & The Keep [LIB/500217] & S.A.S. library

The New Battle of Loewes, by Garth Christian, published 1964 in Country Life (article) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/502916]

Sir Stephen Glynne's Notes on Churches, by V. J. Torr, published May 1964 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XVI no. 3, article, pp.96-101) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8234] & The Keep [LIB/500218] & S.A.S. library

Lewes Ship-Letter, by T. E. S., published May 1964 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XVI no. 3, note, p.106) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8234] & The Keep [LIB/500218] & S.A.S. library

The Arms of Lewes, by L. F. Salzman, published November 1964 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XVI no. 4, article, pp.109-111) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8234] & The Keep [LIB/500218] & S.A.S. library

Clay Pipes made at Lewes, by D. R. Atkinson, published May 1965 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XVI no. 5, note, pp.170-172) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8234] & The Keep [LIB/500218] & S.A.S. library

The Magnus Inscription [at St. John-sub-Castro, Lewes], by D. W. Pye, published November 1965 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XVI no. 6, article, pp.181-184) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8234] & The Keep [LIB/500218] & S.A.S. library

Lava Quern Stones from Selmeston and Lewes, by E. W. Holden, published November 1965 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XVI no. 6, article, pp.187-191) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8234] & The Keep [LIB/500218] & S.A.S. library

Cricket in the Lewes Area, by H. Mocket, published May 1966 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XVI no. 7, note, p.247) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8234] & The Keep [LIB/500218] & S.A.S. library

The Magnus Inscription, by Richard Gilbert, published May 1966 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XVI no. 7, note, pp.247-248) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8234] & The Keep [LIB/500218] & S.A.S. library

Green Wall (Lewes), by David Thomson, published November 1967 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XVI no. 10, article, pp.337-339) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8234] & The Keep [LIB/500218] & S.A.S. library

Poll Tax in Lewes: 1378, by L. F. Salzman, published November 1968 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XVII no. 2, article, pp.49-52) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8235] & The Keep [LIB/500219] & S.A.S. library

The Lewes Market, by Verena Smith, published 1969 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 107, article, pp.87-101) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2192] & The Keep [LIB/500322] & S.A.S. library

Lewes town centre : the problems - a preliminary report, by Lewes Joint Steering Committee, published 1970 (8 pp. & 1 plan, Lewes Borough Council) accessible at: R.I.B.A. Library

The Street Names of Lewes, by L. S. Davey, published 1970 (revised edition, The Friends of Lewes Society) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 5909]

A Victorian Pipe Kiln in Lewes, by N. E. S. Norris, published 1970 in The Society for Post-Medieval Archaeology (vol. 4, article, pp.168-170)   View Online

The Magnus Inscription, by D. W. Pye, published May 1970 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XVII no. 5, note, p.171) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8235] & The Keep [LIB/500219] & S.A.S. library

Chichester and Lewes, by Barbara Willard, published 19 October 1970 (176 pp., Prentice Hall Press, ISBN-10: 0582158532 & ISBN-13: 9780582158535) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 12871] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

The Origin of Newhaven and the Drainage of the Lewes and Laughton levels, by Peter Brandon, published 1971 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 109, article, pp.94-106) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2194] & The Keep [LIB/500320][Lib/506153] & S.A.S. library

Population Change in an East Sussex Town: Lewes 1660-1800, by James P. Hazel, published December 1971 in Sussex Industrial History (No. 3, article, pp.2-19) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16389/3] & The Keep [LIB/506524]   Download PDF

Demographic studies of English towns in the late 17th and 18th centuries are comparatively rare and have concentrated, for the most part, on centres affected by industrialisation or on aspects of London's population history. This study seeks to shift the emphasis to a provincial centre in south east England little influenced by the dramatic economic changes associated with the industrial revolution.

The Lip of the Brack Mount Ditch, Lewes, by A. B. Page, published 1972 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 110, shorter notice, p.123) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2195] & The Keep [LIB/500319] & S.A.S. library

Archaeology and Lewes, by Richard Lewis, published December 1972 in Sussex Archæological Society Newsletter (no. 8, article, pp.30-31) accessible at: S.A.S. library   Download PDF

The Town Book of Lewes, 1702-1837, edited by Verena Smith, published 1973 (vol. 69, vii + 326 pp., Sussex Record Society) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2285][Lib 8069] & The Keep [LIB/500446] & West Sussex Libraries

Surface Finds on Houndean/Ashcombe Field, by Joyce T. M. Biggar, published 1973 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 111, shorter notice, p.111) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2196] & The Keep [LIB/500318] & S.A.S. library

A Medieval Jug dredged from the River Ouse near Lewes, by Tony Brian Page, published 1973 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 111, shorter notice, p.112) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2196] & The Keep [LIB/500318] & S.A.S. library

Excavations at Edward Street Lewes 1971, by Tony Brian Page, published 1973 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 111, shorter notice, pp.113-114) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2196] & The Keep [LIB/500318] & S.A.S. library

The Social and Spatial Determinants of Recreation Behaviour: A Case Study of the Sunday Car Trips of Car Owning Households in Lewes, East Sussex. , by M. J. Elson, 1973 at Sussex University (Ph.D. thesis)

The Earliest Will at Lewes - 1527, by S. C. Newton, published June 1973 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 1 no. 1, article, p.9) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7965] & The Keep [LIB/501253] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

McAdam, JL and Lewes to Eastbourne turnpike, by Brian Austin, published 1974 in Transport history (vol. 7, no. 1, article, pp.41-59)

Evidence for Tower Transepts at the Old Church of St John-sub-Castro, Lewes, by Richard Gilbert, published 1974 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 112, article, pp.44-47) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 5960] & The Keep [LIB/500317] & S.A.S. library

Excavations 1973: Southerham - Round the Down Barrow, by E. W. O'Shea, published January 1974 in Sussex Archæological Society Newsletter (no. 12, article, p.47) accessible at: S.A.S. library   Download PDF

Sussex Bastard Register 1835-1839, published March 1974 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 1 no. 4, article, pp.97-101) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7965] & The Keep [LIB/501253] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Abstract of a volume of Quarter Session Records giving name, parish, occupation of father, sex of child, date of birth, remarks and covers the years 1835 - 1839 in the parishes of Petworth, Lewes, Horsham, and Chichester

Lewes Non-conformist registers : Westgate Chapel, Independent Tabernacle, Bethesda Chapel, published 1975 (44 pp., Manuscripts of Sussex for the Sussex Family History Group) accessible at: British Library

Excavations in Lewes, 1974, by David J. Freke, published 1975 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 113, article, pp.66-84) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 6177] & The Keep [LIB/500316] & S.A.S. library

Surface finds at Houndean/Ashcombe Field, by Joyce T. M. Biggar, published 1975 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 113, note, p.186) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 6177] & The Keep [LIB/500316] & S.A.S. library

Excavations 1974: Lewes, by D. J. Freke, published March 1975 in Sussex Archæological Society Newsletter (no. 15, article, p.65) accessible at: S.A.S. library   Download PDF

Dissenters' Indictments, 1624-27, 1681, by Michael J. Burchall, published March 1975 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 1 no. 8, article, pp.244-249) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7965] & The Keep [LIB/501253] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

A list of people who had not attended church for three successive Sundays. Article covers the years 1624 - 1681 in the parishes of Chichester, Lewes, and Arundel

Excavations 1975: Saxonbury, Lewes, by O. Bedwin, published October 1975 in Sussex Archæological Society Newsletter (no. 17, article, p.74) accessible at: S.A.S. library   Download PDF

Lewes Archdeaconry Wills, 1528-1543. A Genealogical and Topographical Abstract, by Michael J. Burchall, published December 1975 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 2 no. 3, article, pp.97-104) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7966] & The Keep [LIB/501254] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

The Town Book of Lewes, 1837-1901, edited by Verena Smith, published 1976 (vol. 70, xiv + 469 pp., Sussex Record Society) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 6151][Lib 8070] & The Keep [LIB/500447] & West Sussex Libraries

The Pooles of Chailey and Lewes. the Establishment and Influence of a Gentry Family, 1732-1739, by Judith Brent, published 1976 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 114, article, pp.69-80) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 6476] & The Keep [LIB/500315] & S.A.S. library

Further Excavations in Lewes, 1975, by David J. Freke, published 1976 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 114, article, pp.176-194) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 6476] & The Keep [LIB/500315] & S.A.S. library

The Great Christmas Blizzard and Avalanches of 1836, by G. A. Southern, published March 1976 in The Journal of Meteorology (vol. 1, no. 6, article, pp.182-183)   Download PDF

With the help of contemporary reports, an account is given of the historic Christmas blizzard of 1836. The blizzard was particualrly severe over the Sussex downland and culminated in a disastrous avalanche at Lewes, Sussex

Excavations 1975: Lewes, North Street, by D. J. Freke, published April 1976 in Sussex Archæological Society Newsletter (no. 18, article, p.81, ISSN: 0307-2568) accessible at: S.A.S. library   Download PDF

Excavations 1975: Lewes, Saxonbury, by O. Bedwin, published April 1976 in Sussex Archæological Society Newsletter (no. 18, article, p.81, ISSN: 0307-2568) accessible at: S.A.S. library   Download PDF

Excavations 1976: Lewes, by D. Freke, published December 1976 in Sussex Archæological Society Newsletter (no. 20, article, p.97, ISSN: 0307-2568) accessible at: S.A.S. library   Download PDF

Five Town Walks in East Sussex: Lewes, Rye, Winchelsea, Battle, St Leonards, by Michael Barnard, published 1977 (Lewes: East Sussex County Council) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/503466] & East Sussex Libraries

Sussex River: Journeys along the Banks of the River Ouse - Newhaven to Lewes, by Edna & 'Mac' McCarthy, published 1977 (Lindel Organisation Ltd.) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/500073] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

The Inns of Lewes Past and Present, by L. S. Davey, published 1977 (51 pp., The Friends of Lewes Society) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/502847]

A Day's Ramble in Lewes, by Colin Brent and Judith Brent, published 1977 (The Friends of Lewes Society)

Lewes: The Historical Development of a County Town, by Colin E. Brent, published December 1977 (2nd edition, 24 pp., Lewes: East Sussex County Council, ISBN-10: 0861470249 & ISBN-13: 9780861470242) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/502889] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Excavations 1977: Lewes, Eastgate, by E. W. O'Shea, published December 1977 in Sussex Archæological Society Newsletter (no. 23, article, p.125, ISSN: 0307-2568) accessible at: S.A.S. library   Download PDF

Lewes Quakers in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries, by W. K. Rector, published 1978 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 116, article, pp.31-40) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7197] & The Keep [LIB/500313] & S.A.S. library

A Field Survey of Houndean-Ashcombe and other Downland Fields West of Lewes, 1972 - 1975, by Joyce T. M. Biggar, published 1978 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 116, article, pp.143-154) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7197] & The Keep [LIB/500313] & S.A.S. library

Excavations at Friars Walk Lewes 1976, by David J. Freke, published 1978 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 116, article, pp.179-197) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7197] & The Keep [LIB/500313] & S.A.S. library

Lewes in 1871: A Household and Political Directory, by Colin E. Brent, published 1 July 1978 (Occasional Papers no. 9, 76 pp., Centre for Continuing Education, University of Sussex, ISBN-10: 0904242099 & ISBN-13: 9780904242096) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/503547] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Lewes Licences, 1685, published September 1978 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 3 no. 6, article, pp.179-180) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7967] & The Keep [LIB/501255] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Lewes Probates, 1645-1646, published December 1978 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 3 no. 7, article, pp.220-224) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7967] & The Keep [LIB/501255] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

The Parish Church of St Thomas a Becket at Cliffe in Lewes, published 1979 (pamphlet, St Thomas a Becket) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7181]

Sussex River: Journeys along the Banks of the River Ouse - Upstream, from Lewes to the Sources, by Edna & 'Mac' McCarthy, published 1979 (Lindel Organisation Ltd.) accessible at: & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

The Anglo-Saxon Cemetery at Saxonbury, Lewes, East Sussex, by Jill Craddock, published 1979 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 117, article, pp.85-102) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7497] & The Keep [LIB/500312] & S.A.S. library

Excavation Report: Lewes Archaeological Group, by E. W. O'Shea, published April 1979 in Sussex Archæological Society Newsletter (no. 27, article, p.181, ISSN: 0307-2568) accessible at: S.A.S. library   Download PDF

The Reeves Collection, by Fiona Marsden, published September 1979 in Sussex Genealogist and Family Historian (vol. 1 no. 2, article, pp.58-62) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 17603] & The Keep [LIB/501187] & CD SXGS from S.F.H.G.

The Reeves family have been in business as photographers in Lewes since 1854

Short Economic and Social History of Brighton, Lewes and the Downland Region Between the Adur and the Ouse, by Colin E. Brent, published 1 December 1979 (16 pp., Lewes: East Sussex County Council, ISBN-10: 0861470192 & ISBN-13: 9780861470198) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/500068] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Sussex Hearth Tax Assessments 1662: 1 - Lewes Rape, edited by M. J. Burchall, published 1980 (Occasional Papers No. 3, 36 pp., Sussex Genealogical Centre, ISBN-10: 0907084001 & ISBN-13: 9780907084006) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7382] & The Keep [LIB/501292] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

The immediate impact of the Second Reform Act on a Southern county town: voting patterns at Lewes Borough in 1865 and 1868, by Colin E. Brent, published 1980 in Southern History (vol. 2, article, pp.129-177)

Field-walking near Lewes, by Joyce T. M. Biggar, published 1980 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 118, archaeological note, pp.366-367) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7805] & The Keep [LIB/500305] & S.A.S. library

Suspected Roman road linking the London-Lewes road (Margary 14) with trans-Wealden track VII, by James H. Money, published 1980 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 118, archaeological note, pp.367-369) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7805] & The Keep [LIB/500305] & S.A.S. library

Further finds from Lewes Excavations 1974-6, by E. W. O'Shea, published 1980 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 118, archaeological note, pp.369-373) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7805] & The Keep [LIB/500305] & S.A.S. library

Our Lewes, by David Arscott, published 1 January 1980 (128 pp., Stroud: Sutton Publishing Ltd., ISBN-10: 0750936649 & ISBN-13: 9780750936644) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries

Lewes, set among the Downs and just a few miles from the sea, is prized for the rich history enshrined in its Norman castle, medieval town walls and venerable High Street houses. Those lucky enough to live there, however, relish the vibrancy of its here-and-now as much as its enviable heritage. In the long, hot summer of 2003 David Arscott explored the county town with his microphone and camera to record the thoughts and experiences of people from all walks of life Lewes life. Here are its shops, restaurants, hotels, churches, pubs and schools, and first-hand accounts of day-to-day life from a wide range of Lewesians involved in arts and crafts, brewing, politics, journalism, photography, book-selling, hairdressing and a wealth of other industries and activities. Ranging from the busy High Street to the estates on the fringes of the town, this is contemporary Lewes as it has never been seen before - a vivid celebration of today's community which will itself one day be a small part of the historical record.

Victorian Lewes, by C. Brent and W. Rector, published 1 January 1980 (94 pp., Chichester: Phillimore & Co. Ltd., ISBN-10: 0850333555 & ISBN-13: 9780850333558) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/503442] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Lewes Pauper Apprentices, by Emlyn G. Thomas, published March 1980 in Sussex Genealogist and Family Historian (vol. 1 no. 4, article, pp.126-133) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 17603] & The Keep [LIB/501187] & CD SXGS from S.F.H.G.

Includes a Catalogue of Lewes Apprentices 1652-1834

Excavation Report 1979: Lewes, by D. R. Rudling, published April 1980 in Sussex Archæological Society Newsletter (no. 30, article, p.200, ISSN: 0307-2568) accessible at: S.A.S. library   Download PDF

The Story of the Lewes Victoria Hospital, by L. S. Davey, published 1981 (17 pp., League of Friends of Lewes Victoria hospital) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/502843] & East Sussex Libraries

A Small Account of My Travels Through the Wilderness, by James Nye, edited by Vic Gammon, published 1981 (56 pp., Brighton: QueenSpark Books) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/502598] & The Keep archive of QueenSpark Books

This book contains original material that was written during the period between the early 1860s and 1888. It is part autobiography and part diary, and tells the story of James Nye, an extraordinary man, who lived much of his life in a nineteenth century rural village, near Lewes. His life story was discovered in latter days by a fellow-musician, Vic Gammon, who brought his words to print in 1981 and wrote the introduction to this book. The narrative describes James's diverse career, ranging from his work as a village musician, composer, instrument maker, agricultural labourer and quarry worker to his later work as a gardener in Ashcombe House, near Lewes. He was a deeply religious man, being a self-educated Calvinist and his writings reflect his spiritual journey and belief in social justice for the poor and dispossessed. Nye's poetry, which is included in the book, provides a vivid testament to a world very different to that of today, and is especially vivid in his descriptions of life in the Sussex locality.

The Fellowship of the Twelve in Elizabethan Lewes, by Jeremy Goring, published 1981 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 119, article, pp.157-172) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7989] & The Keep [LIB/500306] & S.A.S. library

A Silver Ring Brooch from Cliffe Hill. Lewes, by John Cherry, published 1981 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 119, archaeological note, pp.221-222) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7989] & The Keep [LIB/500306] & S.A.S. library

Castle Lodge, Lewes, by John Houghton, published December 1981 in Sussex Archæological Society Newsletter (no. 35, article, p.257, ISSN: 0307-2568) accessible at: S.A.S. library   Download PDF

Henry and Eliza : a portrait of a family in the mid-nineteenth century from the letters of Mr. Speaker Brand and his family, by Anthony Hampden, published 1982 (197 pp., 12 illustrations & 2 pedigrees, Haywards Heath: Charles Clarke) accessible at: & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

The letters, dated 1839-59, between Henry Brand, Viscount Hampden who was M.P. for Lewes 1852-67 and Cambridgeshire 1868-84, Chief Whip of the Liberal Party 1859-67 and Speaker of the House of Commons 1872-84, and his wife Eliza, daughter of Eliza Courtney, who he married in 1838.

The Archaeology of Lewes. Some recent Research, by David R. Rudling, published 1983 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 121, article, pp.45-78) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8902] & The Keep [LIB/500308] & S.A.S. library

The Neutering of the Fellowship and the Emergence of a Tory Party in Lewes, 1663-1668, by C. E. Brent, published 1983 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 121, article, pp.95-108) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8902] & The Keep [LIB/500308] & S.A.S. library

A possible Prehistoric Burial from Houndean, Lewes, by A. G. Woodcock, published 1983 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 121, archaeological note, p.202) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8902] & The Keep [LIB/500308] & S.A.S. library

The Medieval French Brooch Inscription from Cliff Hill, by Richard Coates, published 1983 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 121, historical note, p.213) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8902] & The Keep [LIB/500308] & S.A.S. library

Cliffe (Lewes) in the Seventeenth Century, by Ronald Tibble, published September 1983 in Sussex Genealogist and Family Historian (vol. 5 no. 2, article, pp.66-75) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9173] & The Keep [LIB/501191] & CD SXGS from S.F.H.G.

Quakers in Lewes: an Informal History, by David Hitchin, published 1984 (vi + 87 pp., Lewes: Lewes Quakers Friends Meeting House) accessible at: & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

A history of the Quaker faith in Lewes, Sussex from its beginnings in 1655, through times of persecution, to the 1980s. Lewes Quakers had an influence in the town quite disproportionate to their numbers and a few became figures of national importance.

Field Boundary Ditch, Cuckoo Bottom, Lewes (TQ 393105), by Mike Allen and Alan Fennemore, published 1984 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 122, archaeological note, pp.207-208) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9140] & The Keep [LIB/500309] & S.A.S. library

A Trial Excavation in Castle Ditch Lane, Lewes, East Sussex, by David R. Rudling, published 1984 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 122, archaeological note, p.222) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9140] & The Keep [LIB/500309] & S.A.S. library

The Selection of High Constables at Lewes, 1733-1740, by C. E. Brent, published 1984 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 122, historical note, pp.225-226) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9140] & The Keep [LIB/500309] & S.A.S. library

Eastern Sussex Workhouse Census 1851: An outline history of the Lewes Workhouses 1835-75, by Julia Rutter, published June 1984 in Sussex Genealogist and Family Historian (vol. 6 no. 1, article, pp.19-24) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [MP 6277] & The Keep [LIB/501192] & CD SXGS from S.F.H.G.

Historic Lewes and its buildings, by Colin Brent, published 1985 (54 pp., Lewes Town Council) accessible at: & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Two Continental Jettons Found in Lewes, by David R. Rudling, published 1985 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 123, archaeological note, p.262) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9514] & The Keep [LIB/500310] & S.A.S. library

Lewes Commemorative Medals of Queen Victoria, by David R. Rudling, published 1985 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 123, archaeological note, p.267) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9514] & The Keep [LIB/500310] & S.A.S. library

Four Lewes Place Names, by Richard Coates, published 1985 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 123, historical note, pp.271-273) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9514] & The Keep [LIB/500310] & S.A.S. library

Simon de Montfort and the Mise of Lewes, by David Carpenter, published May 1985 in Institute of Historical Research (vol. 58, issue 137, article, pp.1-11)   View Online

Burgage Tenure and Topography in Lewes. East Sussex, by John Houghton, published 1986 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 124, article, pp.119-128) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9762] & The Keep [LIB/500311] & S.A.S. library

A Possible Barrow at Lewes. TQ 40791047, by Michael J. Allen, published 1986 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 124, archaeological note, pp.252-254) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9762] & The Keep [LIB/500311] & S.A.S. library

Gate Fever: Voices from a Prison, by James Campbell, published 1 May 1986 (ix + 179 pp., London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson & Littlehampton Book Services Ltd., ISBN-10: 0297788566 & ISBN-13: 9780297788560) accessible at: British Library

James Campbell, Edinburgh Review editor, was given a unique opportunity to spend several months in prison, (though he went home at the end of each day) with a cell of his own to which, he made it known, anyone could come to talk, to just sit or raise any matter that might be troubling him. "While I never forgot that I was dealing with him the law had deemed a criminal, I always recognised him as a man first and an outlaw second," says Campbell. This is a very intimate study of prisoners and prison life and one that gets deep into the system under which those who do wrong are meant to be punished for their sins and sent back to the world, redeemed.

Branch Lines to Tunbridge Wells from Oxted, Lewes and Polegate & Includes the Cuckoo Line, by Vic Mitchell and Keith Smith, published 12 July 1986 (96 pp., Midhurst: Middleton Press, ISBN-10: 0906520320 & ISBN-13: 9780906520321) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Gate Fever: Voices from a Prison, by James Campbell, published 1987 (192 pp., London: Sphere, ISBN-10: 0722123264 & ISBN-13: 9780722123263) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries

The sociology of recurrent ceremonial drama: Lewes Guy Fawkes Night, 1800-1913, by J. E. Etherington, 1987 at Open University (Ph.D. thesis)

Partisan behaviour in adversity: voters in Lewes during the Reform Era, by John Phillips, published 1987 in Parliamentary History (vol. 6, no. 2, article, pp.262-279)

Jesse Pumphrey, Millwright, by Martin Brunnarius, published 1987 in Sussex Industrial History (issue no. 17, article, pp.27-36, ISSN: 0263-5151) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16389/17] & The Keep [LIB/506526]   Download PDF

The following is extracted from the day-to-day accounts of a journeyman millwright who lived and worked in and around Lewes during the first half of the nineteenth century. This is fascinating in its way, for, although it may have seemed trivia at the time, this simple record gives us today an insight into his involvement with farmers, trades people and millwrights as well as forming many links great and small in local history.

Avalanche! Avalanche!, by Stanley Excell, published March 1987 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 7 no. 4, article, pp.134-135) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10461] & The Keep [LIB/501259] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

The Lewes Avalanche of 1836

My First Day at Hill Lodge, by Annette Philly Verrell, published June 1987 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 7 no. 5, article, p.196) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10461] & The Keep [LIB/501259] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Annette's diary about her life as a young parlour maid from 1908 to 1915 in the household of Mr. & Mrs. Hubert Powell at Hill Lidge, St. Ann's Hill, Lewes

Lewes Bonfires 1908, 1909 & 1910, by Annette Philly Verrell, published September 1987 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 7 no. 6, article, pp.241-242) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10461] & The Keep [LIB/501259] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Partisan Behaviour in Adversity: Voters in Lewis during the Reform Era, by John Phillips, published October 1987 in Parliamentary History (vol. 6, issue 2, article, pp.262-279)   View Online

Anecdote of Hill Lodge, by Annette Philly Verrell, published December 1987 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 7 no. 7, article, pp.276-277) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10461] & The Keep [LIB/501259] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Recollection of two young parlour maids at Hill Lodge at St. Ann's Hill, Lewes in 1908.

1831 Census: St John Sub Castro, Lewes, Sussex, published 1988 (booklet, PBN Publications) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 11659]

The Kemp Family in Lewes and Brighton, by Antony Dale, published September 1988 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 8 no. 3, article, pp.100-107) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10736] & The Keep [LIB/501260] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

The life and ancestry of Thomas Read Kemp, M.P. (1782-1844) and his descendants. He married Frances Baring and lived at Herstmonceux Place, then The Temple, Montpelier Road, Brighton, and then Dale Park, Madehurst. They had 10 children. After the death of Frances in childbirth he married, in 1832, Frances Margaretta Shakely and they had one son. Article covers the years 1733 - 1924.

A Flood at Lewes, November 1908, by Annette Philly Verrell, published September 1988 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 8 no. 3, article, p.139) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10736] & The Keep [LIB/501260] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Property and Ownership in Lewes, Part 1, by John Houghton, published 1989 (published by the author) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/502250]

Property and Ownership in Lewes, Part 1, by John Houghton, published 1989 (published by the author) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/502251]

Lewes during the 15th Century, by John Houghton, published 1989 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 127, historical note, pp.256-257) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10604] & The Keep [LIB/500302] & S.A.S. library

Coade Stone at Worthing and Lewes, by Alison Kelly, published 1989 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 127, historical note, pp.260-262) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10604] & The Keep [LIB/500302] & S.A.S. library

Holidays 1909, by Annette Philly Verrell, published March 1989 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 8 no. 5, article, pp.195-196) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10736] & The Keep [LIB/501260] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

After the death of Annette Pettit née Verrall her daughter Mrs. Kate Washer found an old notebook in which Annette had written about incidents in her life as a young parlour maid from 1908 to 1915 in the household of Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Powell at Hill Lodge, St. Anne's Hill, Lewes.
The first holidays we had after we came here was in July 1909 . . .

Trouble at the Workhouse: Lewes Union Management, 1916-1922, by Julia Rutter, published March 1989 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 8 no. 5, article, pp.224-225) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10736] & The Keep [LIB/501260] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

The Kemp Family in Lewes and Brighton, by Elizabeth de Bourbel, published March 1989 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 8 no. 5, article, p.234) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10736] & The Keep [LIB/501260] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

The Wisdoms of Glynde, by David Underwood, published June 1989 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 8 no. 6, article, pp.258-260) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10736] & The Keep [LIB/501260] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

The descendants of John Wisdom who married Elizabeth Taylor in 1750 at Glynde and had five children. Article covers the years 1720 - 1967 in the parish of Lewes.

E. J. Bedford of Lewes: Photographer of the London, Brighton & South Coast Railway, by John Minnis, published 1 October 1989 (104 pp., Wild Swan Publications, ISBN-10: 0906867754 & ISBN-13: 9780906867754) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

St Michael's, Lewes: Population 1811, Jury List, Voters List c1832, published 1990 (booklet, PBN Publications) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 11666]

Excavations in Friars Walk, Lewes 1989, by Miles Russell, published 1990 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 128, article, pp.141-156) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 11106] & The Keep [LIB/500301] & S.A.S. library

The Community Origin of the Lewes Guy Fawkes Night Celebrations, by James E. Etherington, published 1990 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 128, article, pp.195-224) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 11106] & The Keep [LIB/500301] & S.A.S. library

Canvassing Lewes in 1767, by Jeremy Black, published 1990 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 128, historical note, p.266) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 11106] & The Keep [LIB/500301] & S.A.S. library

Religious Survey 1851 - Lewes district , edited by John A. Vickers, published August 1990 in The Religious Census of Sussex 1851 (Sussex Record Society, vol. 75, pp.74-95, ISBN-10: 085445036X & ISBN-13: 9780854450367) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10578][Lib 13824] & The Keep [LIB/500452][LIB/507827] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Lewes district incl. Ditchling, Wivelsfield, Westmeston, East Chiltington, Streat, Plumpton, Hamsey, Chailey, Newick, Barcombe, Ringmer, Glynde, Beddingham, West Firle, Ripe, Chalvington, Selmeston, Alciston, Berwick, Newhaven, East Blatchington, Bishopstone, Denton, Tarring Neville, Piddinghoe, Telscombe, Southease, Iford, Kingston-near-Lewes, Stanmer, Falmer, Rottingdean & Ovingdean

Holidays 1910, by Annette Philly Verrell, published September 1990 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 9 no. 3, article, pp.114-115) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 11999] & The Keep [LIB/501261] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

After the death of Annette Pettit née Verrall her daughter Mrs. Kate Washer found an old notebook in which Annette had written about incidents in her life as a young parlour maid from 1908 to 1915 in the household of Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Powell at Hill Lodge, St. Anne's Hill, Lewes.
This year 1910 we had three weeks holiday . . .

Lewes in Old Photographs, by Judy Middleton, published 1 October 1990 (160 pp., Stroud: Sutton Publishing Ltd., ISBN-10: 0862997615 & ISBN-13: 9780862997618) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

Lewes men whose names are entered in Bronze on the Lewes War Memorial at School Hill, Lewes, Sussex, 1914-1918, compiled by A. V. C. Roberts, published 1991 (15 leaves, Roots Family History Society) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/501234] & West Sussex Libraries

Lewes, All Saints - Land Tax 1785, edited by Roger Davey, published 1991 in East Sussex Land Tax, 1785 (Sussex Record Society, vol. 77, pp.133-135, ISBN-10: 0854450386 & ISBN-13: 9780854450381) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 11681][Lib 13075] & The Keep [LIB/500454][Lib/507860] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Lewes, St John sub Castro - Land Tax 1785, edited by Roger Davey, published 1991 in East Sussex Land Tax, 1785 (Sussex Record Society, vol. 77, pp.137-139, ISBN-10: 0854450386 & ISBN-13: 9780854450381) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 11681][Lib 13075] & The Keep [LIB/500454][Lib/507860] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Lewes, St Michael - Land Tax 1785, edited by Roger Davey, published 1991 in East Sussex Land Tax, 1785 (Sussex Record Society, vol. 77, pp.139-141, ISBN-10: 0854450386 & ISBN-13: 9780854450381) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 11681][Lib 13075] & The Keep [LIB/500454][Lib/507860] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Lewes, St Peter and St Mary Westout - Land Tax 1785, edited by Roger Davey, published 1991 in East Sussex Land Tax, 1785 (Sussex Record Society, vol. 77, pp.141-143, ISBN-10: 0854450386 & ISBN-13: 9780854450381) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 11681][Lib 13075] & The Keep [LIB/500454][Lib/507860] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Lewes, St Thomas [at Cliffe] - Land Tax 1785, edited by Roger Davey, published 1991 in East Sussex Land Tax, 1785 (Sussex Record Society, vol. 77, pp.143-145, ISBN-10: 0854450386 & ISBN-13: 9780854450381) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 11681][Lib 13075] & The Keep [LIB/500454][Lib/507860] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Excavations at Cliffe, Lewes, 1987 and 1988, by David R. Rudling, published 1991 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 129, article, pp.165-182) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 11694] & The Keep [LIB/500295] & S.A.S. library

A Sussex Dissenting Family: the Ridges of Westgate Chapel, Lewes, by Jeremy Goring, published 1991 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 129, article, pp.195-216) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 11694] & The Keep [LIB/500295] & S.A.S. library

The lost Street-name Bukettwin, Lewes, by Richard Coates, published 1991 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 129, historical note, pp.252-253) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 11694] & The Keep [LIB/500295] & S.A.S. library

September 1911, by Annette Philly Verrell, published March 1991 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 9 no. 5, article, pp.175-176) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 11999] & The Keep [LIB/501261] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

After the death of Annette Pettit née Verrall her daughter Mrs. Kate Washer found an old notebook in which Annette had written about incidents in her life as a young parlour maid from 1908 to 1915 in the household of Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Powell at Hill Lodge, St. Anne's Hill, Lewes.
It is now over twelve months since I added anything to these pages, yet much has happened . . .

Lewes in Old Picture Postcards, by Bob Cairns, published December 1991 (80 pp., European Bibliotheek, ISBN-10: 902884709X & ISBN-13: 9789028847095) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

On foot in East Sussex : 27 rambles based on the Eastbourne, Herstmonceux, Lewes, Seaford, Brighton, Rye, Ashdown Forest areas, by Society of Sussex Downmen, published 1992 (10th edition, 72 pp., Hove) accessible at: British Library

The History of the Post Office in Lewes, by Stephen C. Orchard and William L. H. Smith, published 1992 (78 pp., C. E. M. Publications Ltd., ISBN-10: 1851000569 & ISBN-13: 9781851000562) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/502202] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Ridge Family of Sussex, by Jessie C. Ridge, published September 1992 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 10 no. 3, article, pp.111-117) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14877] & The Keep [LIB/501262] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

The Ridges from 1510 to 1975 in Lewes, Chichester, Keymer and Fletching

No Pope there, by John Balance, published November 1992 in Fortnight (No. 311, article, pp.36-37)

The Bonfire Night tradition in Lewes.

Rolls of honour and war memorials in Lewes, Peacehaven and Piddinghoe, compiled by L. Medhurst and E. Pitcher, published 1993 (21 pp., Family Roots Family History Society Eastbourne & District) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/501236] & British Library & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

A Bronze Age Awl from Southerham Farm, Lewes in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, by Jonathan Wallis, published 1993 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 131, archaeological note, pp.198-199) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 12210] & The Keep [LIB/500300] & S.A.S. library

The Dedication of St Anne's Church, Lewes, by Colin Brent and Judith Brent, published 1993 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 131, historical note, pp.200-201) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 12210] & The Keep [LIB/500300] & S.A.S. library

East Sussex Census 1851 Index: Lewes and South Malling, by June C. Barnes, published 1 June 1993 (vol. 22, booklet, 128 pp., C. J. Barnes & printed at Battle Instant Print Ltd., ISBN-10: 1870264215 & ISBN-13: 9781870264211) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/503435] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

East Sussex Walks: Brighton, Eastbourne and Lewes Area, by Sandy Hernu, published 25 June 1993 (80 pp., Seaford: S. B. Publications, ISBN-10: 1857700457 & ISBN-13: 9781857700459) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Lewes Remembers the Second World War, 1939-1945: The Words of the People of Lewes as Recorded and Edited by the Lewes U3A Oral History Group, published 1 September 1993 (140 pp., Lewes U3A Publications, ISBN-10: 0952201402 & ISBN-13: 9780952201403) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries

Lewes Bonfire Night, by Jim Etherington, published 15 October 1993 (72 pp., Seaford: S. B. Publications, ISBN-10: 1857700503 & ISBN-13: 9781857700503) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/501554] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Georgian Lewes 1714-1830: The Heyday of a County Town, by Colin Brent, published December 1993 (246 pp., Colin Brent Books, ISBN-10: 0952242303 & ISBN-13: 9780952242307) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/503446] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Lewes in the Boer War, 1899-1902, by Daniel Waley, published 1994 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 132, article, pp.173-192) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 12979] & The Keep [LIB/500294] & S.A.S. library

Lewes Banking House, by Alan F. Hill, published 1994 in Sussex Industrial History (issue no. 24, article, pp.25-29, ISSN: 0263-5151) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16389/24] & The Keep [LIB/506527]   Download PDF

The Lewes Old Bank enjoyed the longest independent life of any of the early private banks in Sussex, having commenced trading on 1 July 1789 and finally merging with 18 other private banks to form Barclays Bank Ltd. in 1896.

Lewes: Two Thousand Years of History, by Barbara Fleming, published 8 July 1994 (120 pp., Seaford: S. B. Publications, ISBN-10: 1857700627 & ISBN-13: 9781857700626) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Historic Lewes and its buildings, by Colin Brent, published 1995 (revised edition, 54 pp., Lewes Town Council) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries

Lewes at War 1939-1945, by R. A. Elliston, published 1995 (232 pp., Seaford: S. B. Publications, ISBN-10: 1857701852 & ISBN-13: 9781857701852) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 12863] & The Keep [LIB/503455] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

The Lewes Town Band, 1840-1963, by Don R. Stockley, published 1995 (15 pp., published by the author) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries

The Excavation of a Bronze Age round barrow at Round-the-Down, near Lewes, East Sussex, by Christopher Butler, published 1995 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 133, article, pp.7-18) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 13209] & The Keep [LIB/500288] & S.A.S. library

A history of Jireh Chapel, Lewes, by James E. North, published 1996 (24 pp., Windmill Hill: Huntingtonian Press) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries

A Free Presbyterian church.

Pesthouse Field: The Story of St Anne's Crescent, Lewes, by David Pocock, published 1996 (42 pp., published by the author) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/502861] & East Sussex Libraries

The History of Lewes Golf Club, 1898-1996, by Graham White, published 1996 (Lewes Golf Club)

The Lewes Bonfire Festival: The performance structure of popular pyrotechnics, by D. Wiles, published 1996 in New Theatre Quarterly (vol. 12, issue 46, article, pp.177-191)

Line of Fire: History of Firefighting in Lewes , by Bill Young, published 1 April 1996 (iv + 64 pp., Seaford: S. B. Publications, ISBN-10: 1857700937 & ISBN-13: 9781857700930) accessible at: British Library & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

The Cross Between Thieves - repairing broken lives, by David Powe and Gillian Powe, published 4 November 1996 (192 pp., London: Marshall Pickering, ISBN-10: 0551030372 & ISBN-13: 9780551030374) accessible at: British Library

The dramatic story of the conversion of hundreds of prisoners in one of the UK's largest and busiest remand prisons in Lewes, Sussex. David Powe is the Anglican chaplain of Lewes Prison and his wife Gillian recounts the stories of the prisoners who are finding freedom in the least likely of places.

The place-name Lewes: a study of its early spellings and etymology, by Rune Forsberg, published 1997 (66 pp., Uppsala: Ubsaliensis S. Academiae, ISBN-10: 9155441165 & ISBN-13: 9789155441166) accessible at: British Library

This was published in Studia Anglistica Upsaliensia, vol. 100, 1997

A Romano-British barrow cemetery and the origins of Lewes, by John Bleach, published 1997 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 135, article, pp.131-142) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 13642] & The Keep [LIB/500290] & S.A.S. library

James Lambert Senior and Junior, Landscape Painters of Lewes, by John H. Farrant, published 1997 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 135, article, pp.249-264) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 13642] & The Keep [LIB/500290] & S.A.S. library

Bonfire: Lewes Bonfire Societies in Photographs, by Jim Etherington, published 1 October 1997 (96 pp., Seaford: S. B. Publications, ISBN-10: 1857701429 & ISBN-13: 9781857701425) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Unknown Lewes. An Historical Geography, by John Houghton, published December 1997 (180 pp., Tartarus Press, ISBN-10: 1872621287 & ISBN-13: 9781872621289) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/503464] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Lewes - 18c. Schools, edited by John Caffyn, published 1998 in Sussex Schools in the 18th Century (Sussex Record Society, vol. 81, pp.156-190, ISBN-10: 0854450424 & ISBN-13: 9780854450428) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 13825][Lib 13828] & The Keep [LIB/500458][Lib/507864] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

The Bluebell Railway: A Nostalgic Trip Along the Whole Route from East Grinstead to Lewes, by Terry Gough, published 16 May 1998 (96 pp., Past & Present Publishing Ltd., ISBN-10: 1858951291 & ISBN-13: 9781858951294) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Hidden Lewes: An Artist's Eye for Detail, by Marietta Van Dyck, published June 1998 (44 pp., The Friends of Lewes Society & printed at Pomegranate Press, ISBN-10: 0951987690 & ISBN-13: 9780951987698) accessible at: The Friends of Lewes & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

A unique spotter's guide for visitors and locals alike, "Hidden Lewes" will lead you into unexpected corners.

Tory and Whig : the parliamentary papers of Edward Harley, 3rd Earl of Oxford, and William Hay, M.P. for Seaford, 1716-1753, edited by Stephen Taylor and Clyve Jones, published 2 July 1998 (xcii + 390 pp., Woodbridge : Boydell Press, ISBN-10: 0851155898 & ISBN-13: 9780851155890) accessible at: British Library

The parliamentary papers of Edward Harley and William Hay offer a unique insight into the politics of the 1730s and 1740s. The journals kept by the men during the latter part of Sir Robert Walpole's premiership provide two contrasting perspectives: Harley was a leading figure in the Tory party, and a fierce critic of the Whig ministry; Hay was an independently-minded but committed ministerialist. Hay gives an account of events in the Commons, while Harley, who succeeded to the earldom of Oxford in 1741, has a rare insider's view into proceedings in the House of Lords during the Whig supremacy. Other parliamentary papers include Hay's letters to Newcastle, providing a fascinating account of the bitterly contested elections of 1734 in Sussex and Lewes.

Mrs Henry Dudeney: A Lewes Diary 1916-1944, by late Mrs. Henry Dudeney and edited by Diana Crook, published November 1998 (254 pp., Tartarus Press, ISBN-10: 1872621341 & ISBN-13: 9781872621340) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/503532] & East Sussex Libraries

Lewes Then and Now, Vol. 1, by Bill Young with Bob Cairns, published 30 November 1998 (96 pp., Seaford: S. B. Publications, ISBN-10: 1857701445 & ISBN-13: 9781857701449) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/502840] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Elizabethan and Early Stuart Lewes, by John Bleach, published 1 January 1999 in An Historical Atlas of Sussex (pp.64-65, Chichester: Phillimore & Co. Ltd, ISBN-10: 1860771122 & ISBN-13: 9781860771125) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14026][Lib 18777] & The Keep [LIB/501686][LIB/508903] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

A Look at Lewes: The High Street of Lewes from St Anne's Church to Lewes Bridge, from Original Drawings by John Houghton, by John Houghton, published March 1999 (27 pp., Tartarus Press, ISBN-10: 1872621392 & ISBN-13: 9781872621395) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/501574] & The Friends of Lewes & East Sussex Libraries

Rodin in Lewes, edited by Ann Elliott and Angela Dyer, published June 1999 (64 pp., Ringmer: Sculpture Exhibitions Ltd., ISBN-10: 0953595501 & ISBN-13: 9780953595501) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries

Lewes at War, 1939-1945, by R. A. Elliston, published 1 June 1999 (232 pp., Seaford: S. B. Publications, ISBN-10: 1857701852 & ISBN-13: 9781857701852) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Lewes Bonfire Night, by Jim Etherington, published 1 July 1999 (2nd revised edition, 80 pp., Seaford: S. B. Publications, ISBN-10: 185770147X & ISBN-13: 9781857701470)

Sussex Militia Deserters, by A. M. J. Chapman, published September 1999 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 13 no. 7, article, pp.225-232) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14880] & The Keep [LIB/508822] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Lists of deserters for 1820 and 1821 in the Rapes of Chichester, Arundel, Bramber, Lewes, Pevensey and Hastings

Streets of Fire: A Hymn to Lewes and the Bonfire Celebrations, by Andy Thomas, published 1 November 1999 (76 pp., Seaford: S. B. Publications, ISBN-10: 1857701933 & ISBN-13: 9781857701937) accessible at: British Library & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

The Bonfire Societies of Lewes, 1800-1913: a study in nominal record linkage, by Jim Etherington, published c.2000 accessible at: The Keep [LIB/502901]

Port of Lewes in the 20th Century: Lower Ouse Navigation, by Alan F. Hill, published 2000 (published by the author) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/500075] & East Sussex Libraries

An Illustrated History of the Lewes & East Grinstead Railway, by Klaus Marx, published 2000 (256 pp., Shepperton: Oxford Publishing Co., ISBN-13: 9780860935476) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

After years of research, Klaus Marx presents this detailed history of the Lewes & East Grinstead Railway, known to most railway enthusiasts as the Bluebell Line. The current Bluebell Line is being gradually rebuilt since its demise in the 1960s.

Thomas Paine's Lewes, by Judy Moore, published 2000 (Seaford: S. B. Publications) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

Lewes Library Society: the early years, 1785-1831, by Daniel Waley and Jeremy Goring, published 2000 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 138, article, pp.153-164) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14509] & The Keep [LIB/500298] & S.A.S. library   View Online

In 1785 a small group of Lewesians, led by a surgeon, Joseph Ridge, founded a Library Society to acquire serious books. Members numbered 28 in 1786, 60 by 1792 and 90 by the early 19th century. A marked dissenting and radical connection - particularly with the Westgate Presbyterian Meeting - is detectable among the early members. The Society's holdings numbered about 1000 volumes by 1794 and over 3000 by 1827, in the earliest surviving catalogue. A volume recording loans in 1786 is a rare and important survival in the Society's archive (in the East Sussex Record Office) and makes it possible to compare the Society's tastes in reading with those of a contemporary Library Society in Bristol. The initial policy of purchasing serious works was continued. This applied to works on political, social, religious, philosophical, economic, legal and scientific topics, though these were leavened with writings on travel, poetry and some fiction and lighter fare.

Three Lewes Martyrs of 1557, by Roger Davey, published 2000 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 138, shorter article, pp.231-234) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14509] & The Keep [LIB/500298] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Why did Horsfield leave Lewes?, by Jeremy Goring, published 2000 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 138, shorter article, pp.234-235) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14509] & The Keep [LIB/500298] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Lewes in Old Photographs, by Judy Middleton, published 23 March 2000 (160 pp., Stroud: Sutton Publishing Ltd., ISBN-10: 1840151420 & ISBN-13: 9781840151428) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/502866] & East Sussex Libraries

Lewes Past, by Helen Poole, published 6 October 2000 (144 pp., Chichester: Phillimore & Co. Ltd., ISBN-10: 1860771270 & ISBN-13: 9781860771279) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

The county town of East Sussex can look back on more than a thousand years of well-recorded history, and this perceptive book examines its life over that span of time through the events and the individuals that have given Lewes its character. The author examines the influence of the River Ouse on commerce; the roads, once so bad that oxen took people to church; religion, dominated for 450 years by the Cluniac Priory of St Pancras at Southover; markets and fairs, agriculture, law and order, and much more. This book has much to say and it does very powerfully.

The Lewes Library Society in the Victorian Period, 1831-97, by Daniel Waley, published 2001 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 139, article, pp.187-190) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14916] & The Keep [LIB/500292] & S.A.S. library   View Online

This article is a continuation of D. Waley and J. Goring, 'Lewes Library Society: the early years, 1785-1831', Sussex Archaeological Collections 138 (2000), 153-64. The Society encountered some financial difficulties in this period and slowly and reluctantly certain organizational changes were achieved, the principal one being the installation of a newsroom in 1857. In 1863 the Library moved as tenant to the newly built Fitzroy Memorial Library. In 1897 the Society was dissolved and the books were transferred to the corporation of Lewes under the terms of the Public Library Acts. This development was typical; except in a few major cities, subscription libraries no longer had a role since they had been superseded by municipal, commercial and academic libraries.

An archaeological discovery on Brack Mount, Lewes, East Sussex, by Gabor Thomas, published 2001 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 139, shorter article, pp.224-227) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14916] & The Keep [LIB/500292] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Excavations at Clothkits Warehouse Extension, Brooman's Lane, Lewes, by C.E. Knight-Farr, 1978, by Anne Locke, published 2001 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 139, shorter article, pp.227-234) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14916] & The Keep [LIB/500292] & S.A.S. library

The Lewes Flood, by Andy Thomas and foreward by Norman Baker, published 15 June 2001 (56 pp., Seaford: S. B. Publications, ISBN-10: 1857702360 & ISBN-13: 9781857702361) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/502852] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

The Public Subscription Windmill and the Round House at Lewes, by Ann Lilias Crowther, published 30 October 2001 (108 pp., Pipe Passage Books, ISBN-10: 0954146204 & ISBN-13: 9780954146207) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/503444] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Annie Crowther, the present owner of the Round House, tells the fascinating story of the site, the windmill, the house and its owners and occupiers, who have included Virginia and Leonard Woolf and John Every, the owner of the Phoenix Iron Works in Lewes. The book is well illustrated with black and white photographs and maps. It is in paperback format with an attractive cover on the front and back and is 108 pages in length.

The Great River of Lewes, by John Houghton, published 2002 (published by the author) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/502851] & East Sussex Libraries

Sussex Silver and Its Makers, by Timothy Kent, published 2002 (48 pp., J. H. Bourdon-Smith Ltd.) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/506061] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

The book discusses at length the two main silver producing towns of Chichester (14 pages) and Lewes (12 pages), giving the historical contexts, biographies of silversmiths and photographs of relevant locally made items. Both of these towns are well known for producing some fine spoons and the book covers the period of production from the late 16th through to the early 18th Century.

Collecting personal accounts of the Lewes floods of October 2000, by Joy Preston, published 2002 in Oral history (vol. 30, no. 2, article, pp.79-84)

Lewes, a Photographic History of Your Town, by Angela Wigglesworth, published 1 January 2002 (Black Horse Books, ISBN-10: 1904033873 & ISBN-13: 9781904033875)

Lost Lewes: photographs by James Cheetham, 1854-1941, reproduced from the original glass negatives, by Kim Clark, published 1 March 2002 (80 pp., Seaford: S. B. Publications, ISBN-10: 1857702417 & ISBN-13: 9781857702415) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Burn, Holy Fire! Religion in Lewes since the Reformation, by Jeremy Goring, published 6 November 2003 (196 pp., The Lutterworth Press, ISBN-10: 0718830407 & ISBN-13: 9780718830403) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Lewes, the county town of East Sussex, is famous for its impressive bonfire night celebrations. The author examines the origins and importance of this festival and sheds new light on the commemoration of the martyrs burned for their beliefs, hundreds of years ago. Burn, Holy Fire! takes its title from a hymn by a collateral descendant of one of the men burned in the fire depicted on its cover, a formidable reminder of the religious fervour which dominated Europe during this turbulent period. Jeremy Goring traces the development of this town from the Reformation to the present day. Lewes was noted for its assimilation of a variety of Christian beliefs, from the rise of Puritanism and the Great Ejection, through the emergence of Nonconformity and the subsequent Evangelical Revival, through the Oxford movement, the Protestant-Catholic conflict, and the ecumenical movement, and finally the decline of institutional religion. Nearly every branch and brand of Christianity was represented here through the centuries. This 'absorbing book', as Asa Briggs describes it in his Foreword, is not only for students but for the general reader seeking a deeper understanding of the past. Goring believes that the social history of religion is best studied within the context of a particular local community, where elements of continuity and change can be clearly discerned. Lewes exemplifies almost everything of significance in the religious life of England over the last 500 years.

Laughton Church chancel and other major church alterations in and around Lewes, East Sussex, c.1740-1810: the roles of architects and local craftsmen, by Sue Berry, published 2004 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 142, article, pp.107-113) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15489] & The Keep [LIB/500360] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Architectural history is preoccupied with the work of architects who are thought to be eminent and influential. This case study is of the influence of local craftsmen upon Georgian churches. It asks whether we over-estimate the influence of architects in the Georgian period and under-estimate the skills and impact of craftsmen. Similar work in other counties suggests that craftsmen certainly played a major role in the design of the churches. This small study suggests that they exerted a similar influence in Sussex. Due to the influence of Victorian and other later restoration work, much Georgian work has been lost. In this study, archival evidence is often the best source of evidence.

Lewes Then and Now, Vol. 2, by Bill Young and David Arscott, published 27 February 2004 (96 pp., Seaford: S. B. Publications, ISBN-10: 1857702875 & ISBN-13: 9781857702873) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries

In this second volume of pictures from Lewes old and new, Bill Young in association with David Arscott explore the changes to this historic town that have taken place within living memory. Natives of our county town rediscover street scenes gone forever, while visitors and new residents will be surprised to find how much has changed within the space of a few decades.
This book was in preparation when Bill Young sadly died. One of his wishes for this book was to include some recollections of residents of Lewes who remember with fond memories, places so changed as to barely recognisable.

Lewes 1952-2002: Fifty Years of Change, by The Friends of Lewes Society, published 21 March 2004 (96 pp., Lewes: Pomegranate Press, ISBN-10: 095425872X & ISBN-13: 9780954258726) accessible at: British Library & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Our Lewes, by David Arscott, published 18 March 2004 (new edition, 128 pp., The History Press, ISBN-10: 0750936649 & ISBN-13: 9780750936644) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries

A Box of Toys: An Anthology of Lewes Writings, compiled by Diana Crook, published 1 September 2004 (124 pp., Dale House Press, ISBN-10: 1900841037 & ISBN-13: 9781900841030) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/503448] & East Sussex Libraries

Pre-Georgian Lewes: c.890-1714: The Emergence of a County Town, by C. E. Brent, published 19 November 2004 (480 pp., Colin Brent Books, ISBN-10: 0952242311 & ISBN-13: 9780952242314) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/503445] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

When Skies Were Always Blue: Memories of a Lewes boyhood, by W. F. Wells, published 26 November 2004 (64 pp., The Friends of Lewes Society & printed at Pomegranate Press, ISBN-10: 0954258797 & ISBN-13: 9780954258795) accessible at: The Friends of Lewes & East Sussex Libraries

Illustrated with his drawings of the family home in West Street, Lewes, this memoir by the late W.F. (Bill) Wells brings to life a world between the two world wars that has gone for ever - a humble Sussex upbringing without television or telephone, radio or refrigerator, central heating or even electric light.
Blessed with vivid recall, the author takes us through the streets of the county town, savouring its fairs, markets and shops. He recalls his first sight of an aeroplane and taking train trips, third class, to the seaside. We follow him to school and church, and savour the thrill of the circus.
If life was harder then, it had no shortage of joys. As he writes in an epilogue, "What fun that boy had yesterday!"

Streets of Sussex, by Glyn Kraemer-Johnson and John Bishop, published 2005 (80 pp., Ian Allan Publishing, ISBN-10: 0711031355 & ISBN-13: 9780711031357) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

The latest title in the very successful 'Streets of' series. The book is an excellent pictorial record to the changing streetscape of Sussex over the years and covers the entire county of Sussex with particular emphasis on the major centres of population such as Brighton, Hastings, Eastbourne, Uckfield, East Grinstead, Lewes and Bognor Regis.

Beaker occupation and development of the downland landscape at Ashcombe Bottom, near Lewes, East Sussex, by Michael J. Allen, published 2005 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 143, article, pp.7-33) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15610] & The Keep [LIB/500361] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Research excavations were conducted of colluvium in the dry valley of Ashcombe Bottom to the west of Lewes. Colluvial deposits in the centre of the valley were only 1.5 m thick but contained a buried soil on which was a series of parallel ard marks, which were confirmed by soil micromorphological analysis and indicated prehistoric tillage. The colluvium contained a number of sherds of Beaker pottery and at least 26 Beaker vessels were represented, indicating a settlement site rather than a funerary monument.
Environmental analysis of the sediment provides a broad history of the landscape from the Neolithic period to Middle Bronze Age and spans the construction and disuse of the causewayed enclosure at Offham, and the activity associated with the Late Neolithic and Bronze Age flint scatters recorded in the Houndean-Ashcombe area.
The results of this research excavation provide settlement and environmental data which enhance our understanding of the Early Bronze Age prehistoric occupation and use of the Sussex Downs.

Beaker and Early Bronze Age activity, and a possible Beaker valley entrenchment, in Cuckoo Bottom, near Lewes, East Sussex, by Michael J. Allen, published 2005 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 143, article, pp.35-45) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15610] & The Keep [LIB/500361] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Speculative examination of a series of trees and shrubs uprooted by the 'Great Storm' in 1987 at Cuckoo Bottom, at the head of the Houndean Bottom dry valley, revealed prehistoric features and colluvium. A number of Beaker and Early Bronze Age sherds were recovered from the colluvium and from a ditch thought to be a part of the valley entrenchment. The combination of careful examination, recovery of artefacts and land-snail analysis recorded a Beaker occupation site akin to that in Ashcombe Bottom buried under hill wash. Further evidence for Beaker valley entrenchment is suggested.

Remembering 'Round-the-Down': topographical perspectives on early settlement and land-use at Southerham, near Lewes, by Gail Vines and Francis Price, published 2005 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 143, article, pp.117-134) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15610] & The Keep [LIB/500361] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Archaeological and documentary evidence, taken together, suggests the enduring significance of a subtle downland feature on the steep southern slope of the Malling-Caburn Downs. Named 'Round-the-Down' on the 1873 Ordnance Survey map, this small rounded hill is one of the few local landforms still noted by today's cartographers. The site of an Early-Bronze-Age barrow constructed alongside prehistoric fields, it retained a distinct identity well beyond prehistoric times. Within the settlement of Southerham, throughout the rise and fall of a peasant community, it became the focal point of a common field and a network of trackways, traces of which remain today. Thus the barrow and its hill may have helped to define a landscape that remained in cultivation over four millennia.

Lewes, Historic Character Assessment Report, compiled by Roland B. Harris, published March 2005 (Sussex Extensive Urban Survey (EUS), 71 pp. + appendices, E.S.C.C., W.S.C.C. & Brighton and Hove City, funded by English Heritage) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries   Download PDF

Speed on the Downs: The Lewes Speed Trials 1924-39, by Jeremy J. Wood, published 1 October 2005 (viii + 119 pp., Billingshurst: JWFA Books, ISBN-10: 0952276615 & ISBN-13: 9780952276616) accessible at: British Library & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Host community attitudes toward tourism and cultural tourism development: the case of the Lewes District, southern England, by B. W. Ritchie and M. Inkari, published 2006 in International journal of tourism research (vol. 8, no. 1, article, pp.27-44)

The Neat and Nippy Guide to Lewes, by David Arscott, published 1 March 2006 (72 pp., Seaford: S. B. Publications, ISBN-10: 1857703081 & ISBN-13: 9781857703085) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries

Set among the Sussex downs with a castle, river, brewery, crown courts and county gaol, Lewes is a compact town rich in history. Our nutshell walker's guide explores the attractive High Street and its environs, discovering curiosities and the relics of former times at ever turn.
Generously illustrated, complete with sketch maps, this handy-sized companion is the perfect introduction to the celebrated county town.
David Arscott is well known as a publisher, author and presenter for Radio Sussex. He lives in Lewes with his family

The Inns of Lewes Past and Present, by L. S. Davey and Andrew Whitnall, published 5 July 2006 (revised edition, 52 pp., The Friends of Lewes Society & printed at Pomegranate Press, ISBN-10: 0954897579 & ISBN-13: 9780954897574) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/502867] & East Sussex Libraries

Lewes once had at least seven breweries and seventy inns, and this book (a revised edition of Leslie Davey's original work of 1977) traces those long-gone, the many sturdy survivors and a sprinkling of recent additions.
A map of 1890 shows 66 pubs against just 21 today, the newest addition being the John Harvey Tavern in Cliffe. Attractively presented, this is a fine inspiration for all pub-crawlers of an historical bent.

Gideon Mantell and St Michael's, Lewes, by Anthony Brook, published Autumn 2006 in West Sussex History, the Journal of West Sussex Archives Society (no. 75, article, p.49) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16404/75] & The Keep [LIB/500499]

Fitzroy House Restored and the creation of the Lewes pedestrian precinct as told by the restorers, by Jim Franks, published 2007 accessible at: The Keep [LIB/502890]

Lewes: A Souvenir Guide, by Andy Thomas, published 15 August 2007 (84 pp., Seaford: S. B. Publications, ISBN-10: 1857703308 & ISBN-13: 9781857703306) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries

This souvenir book is a colourful visual guide to the historic East Sussex town of Lewes.
Lewes is one of south-east England's most extraordinary attractive towns. With a rich and fascinating history, including battles, priories, martyrs and radicals like Thomas Paine, it maintains a passion for freedom and individuality that lives on today in its renowned annual bonfire festivities.
The book contains four different sections: Lewes history, Lewes Today, Lewes Life and Lewes in Winter. Each subject is in full colour and is accompanied by informative text.
The author Andy Thomas lives in Lewes, he has written three other books for SB Publications, Streets of Fire, Lewes Flood Book and Vital Signs. He lectures worldwide on the crop circle phenomenon.

Turnpike Territory: The Glyndebridge Trust and the Lewes to Eastbourne Turnpikes, by Peter Longstaff-Tyrell, published December 2007 (32 pp., Eastbourne Local History Society, ISBN-10: 0954764730 & ISBN-13: 9780954764739)

A guide to the old coach road from Lewes to Eastbourne

100 Years at Barbican House, by John Farrant, published April 2008 in Sussex Past & Present (no. 114, article, pp.4-5, ISSN: 1357-7417) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/500475] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Rumours were circulating in September 1903 that the Society's rented home since 1885, Castle Lodge overlooking the Gun Garden, was to be sold. The Council drew comfort from earlier indications that the owner, widow of a former Honorary Curator and Chairman, would give the Society first refusal to buy. Comfort turned to consternation in December, at the news of sale to Charles Dawson, a prominent member. Whether the future 'discoverer' of Piltdown Man was underhand in purchasing his new home is unresolved, but the fact was he gave notice to quit.
The Honorary Secretary found temporary storage for the library at 35 High Street, Lewes. He tried to buy land to the north of Castle Lodge for a purpose-built library, museum and caretaker's accommodation.

North Street Car Park, Lewes (NGR: TQ41601032) - desk-based assessment and evaluation reports, by Heather Hopkins and Andy Taylor, published July 2008 (Reading: Thames Valley Archaeological Services)   View Online

Lewes on the Fifth, by Andy Thomas, published 5 November 2008 (72 pp., Seaford: S. B. Publications, ISBN-10: 185770343X & ISBN-13: 9781857703436) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries

Lewes in East Sussex is home to the largest Bonfire Night celebration in the world. Every 5th November its streets explode into a raucous yet meaningful festival of fire as the whole town is given over to the rule of the 'Bonfire societies' for just one night of the year.
Far more than just an empty pageant, Lewes Bonfire stands for Remembrance, Tradition and Liberty: things it believes are worth fighting for. What are the historical and religious origins of this incredible spectacle and its controversial stands against authority? What actually occurs across Lewes in one night of 'The Fifth'?
The book tells the story of Bonfire in Lewes today with spectacular and atmospheric full-colour photographs, and is an insightful visual guide to an extraordinary annual event and its enduring convictions.
With a foreword by renowned Bonfire historian, Jim Etherington.

Tom Paine and Bull House: The revolutionary writer's Lewes connection, by David Powell, published December 2008 in Sussex Past & Present (no. 116, article, p.4, ISSN: 1357-7417) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/500475] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Two hundred and forty years have passed since Tom Paine first rode into Lewes, East Sussex to take up lodgings in Bull House. An Outrider with the Excise, he was to make it his home for the next six years, the quiet centre of the life of the man described by George Washington as "the godfather of our independence"; by Michael Foot as "the greatest exile ever to leave these shores"; and dismissed, slanderously, by Theodore Roosevelt as "that filthy little atheist" - but that is another story. . .

Baxter's Printworks, Lewes: Simon Stevens reports on excavations at the site, by Simon Stevens, published December 2008 in Sussex Past & Present (no. 116, article, p.5, ISSN: 1357-7417) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/500475] & S.A.S. library   View Online

The Baxter's Printworks in St Nicholas Lane, Lewes closed its doors in 2002, ending two centuries of the family's business association with the town. The majority of the factory complex was demolished in 2006, in advance of new residential development. Given its location in the heart of the historic town, a condition was placed on planning permission for the development requiring a programme of archaeological work at the site. Following some preliminary investigations, a team from Archaeology South-East began large-scale excavations at the site in August 2006, and although most of the on-site archaeological work was completed that year, parts of the site were not available at the time. Small-scale excavations and monitoring visits continued until December 2007, by which time the entire site had been examined, and nearly 400 archaeological features had been identified, excavated and recorded.

Phoenix Oral History Project: Sarah Hitchings talks to former Foundry workers in Lewes, by Sarah Hitchings, published December 2008 in Sussex Past & Present (no. 116, article, p.8, ISSN: 1357-7417) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/500475] & S.A.S. library   View Online

The Lewes Phoenix project, which was recently awarded a Heritage Lottery Fund grant, is the creation of locally based Artemis Arts Ltd. They will be working with members of the community, from schoolchildren to elderly residents, to add to the existing historical records by capturing stories and images of the former iron foundry and engineering company, the site of which is likely to form part of a major town centre redevelopment.

Developments in Lewes: Work begins at Lewes Castle and Anne of Cleves House, by Sally White, published December 2008 in Sussex Past & Present (no. 116, article, p.9, ISSN: 1357-7417) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/500475] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Thomas Paine in Lewes, 1768-1774: A Prelude to American Independence, by Colin Brent, Deborah Gage and Paul Myles, published 2009 (58 pp., Lewes: PM Trading, ISBN-10: 0953595544 & ISBN-13: 9780953595549) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/508964] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Despite its brevity, it has only fifty-eight pages, this book incorporates important new material derived from the largely unpublished research of the late George Hindmarch into the reasons why Paine embarked on writing his first recorded work, The Case of the Officers of Excise. This gives it an importance out of all proportion to its size. Robert Morrell, M.B.E. Editor, Journal of Radical History of the Thomas Paine Society. New knowledge about Thomas Paine in England before his departure to America is revealed. This represents a paradigm shift in pre American Paine research at the same time as describing a lively 18c Lewes and rich character accounts. Paine's nature is revealed through rigorous research of his career as an officer of excise. Paine spoke for the excisemen, including his superiors, with one voice to every member of both houses of Parliament, every exciseman and important businessmen of the day. His first pamphlet written in Lewes in 1772 ' The Case of the Officers of Excise' was the first nationwide unionisation in the United Kingdom and foreshadowed the modern lobbying system of green and white papers. Deborah Gage reveals insights to General Thomas Gage, the Commander in Chief of the British forces on the other side to Thomas Paine, which show that the British forces, as well as the colonists, suffered from King George III insensate policies. This is also a beautiful book if images showing a rare portrait of Paine painted in London in 1790, landscapes of Lewes in 1768, the year Paine rode into Lewes, by Dominic Serres, and an image of Clio Rickman by Hazlitt.This book was forged in the preparations for the 200th anniversary of Thomas Paine's life and shows Paine's debt, and possibly America's developmental debt to the Town of Lewes.

A GIS-based approach to reconstructing mid-20th century agricultural land use around Lewes, East Sussex , by Katherine Jane Taylor, 2009 at Kingston University (Ph.D. thesis)   View Online

The main objective of this project has been to reconstruct agricultural land use around Lewes, East Sussex between 1931 and 1959. The key aims were to contribute to the debate around theories of productivism and to demonstrate the power of GIS as a tool for historical reconstruction. The data for 1931 included the field sheets and one inch maps from the First Land Utilisation Survey, and significant differences were identified between these two sources. The data for the early 1940s included the maps and forms from the National Farm Survey along with a Luftwaffe aerial photograph. Using these, some farms were reconstructed successfully, although there were issues with the consistency of the data. The remaining datasets were aerial photographs from 1945/7 and 1959 along with the parish summaries of the 4th June agricultural census data. In terms of the productivism debate, a fuller definition of pre-productivism was proposed as a result of examining the 1931 data. The shift towards productivism in this part of East Sussex was considered by looking at the snapshots of land use provided by the different datasets. A clear growth in arable land, an increase in farm size and intensification in terms of livestock farming was identified. Finally the use of GIS allowed the integration of disparate datasets and the mapping of different types of land use in a way that has not previously been attempted for this area.

Thirty something: Thomas Paine at Bull House in Lewes 1768-74 - six formative years, by Colin Brent, published 2009 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 147, article, pp.153-167) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 17254] & The Keep [LIB/500365] & S.A.S. library   View Online

In spring 2008 the Sussex Archaeological Society completed a thorough repair of Bull House as a prelude to welcoming visitors at regular intervals. And in July 2009 Lewes celebrated the two-hundredth anniversary of Thomas Paine's death at Greenwich near New York. So it seems timely to ponder the six years passed at Lewes by that 'Citizen of the World', arguably the most influential 'English' pamphleteer, herald of American Independence, father of British Radicalism, prophet of an 'Age of Reason'. And indeed, there is evidence that these years as an excise officer, shopkeeper and householder, as an assiduous juryman and vestryman, in a thriving county town and contentious parliamentary borough, did expose him to what he later identified in Rights of Man as 'republican' elements in English government and society. Moreover, during these years, his literary output, in verse and prose, seems already tinged with 'radical' sentiment, clearly and trenchantly expressed.

Results of archaeological and built heritage investigations along the A27 Southerham to Beddingham and Glynde junction improvements, by Adam Brossler, Matthew Pope and Jamie Preston, published 2009 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 147, short article, pp.211-213) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 17254] & The Keep [LIB/500365] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Turnpike Territory: The Glyndebridge Trust and the Lewes to Eastbourne Turnpikes, by Peter Longstaff-Tyrell, published April 2009 (2nd edition, 40 pp., Eastbourne Local History Society, ISBN-10: 0954764730 & ISBN-13: 9780954764739) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/502683] & Eastbourne Local History Society

A guide to the old coach road from Lewes to Eastbourne

Lewes Castle works - The story in pictures & Anne of Cleves House, by John Manley, published April 2009 in Sussex Past & Present (no. 117, article, pp.4-5, ISSN: 1357-7417) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/500475] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Burials discovered: Anglo-Saxon cemetery near Lewes, by Laura Burnett, published April 2009 in Sussex Past & Present (no. 117, article, p.11, ISSN: 1357-7417) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/500475] & S.A.S. library   View Online

It's not often that an archaeological find hits the national TV news, but in early February 2009 a piece about the discovery by two metal detectorists of a Saxon burial site complete with grave goods, near Lewes in East Sussex was reported on BBC Breakfast (also in the local press and on several websites). The site was discovered in October last year, and prompt and responsible reporting by the two detectorists allowed the site to be properly protected and excavated before details of the find were released to the public. Overall, it is an excellent example of how the different groups are working together, amateur and professional, who both share a passion for Sussex's past.

The street plan of Lewes and the Burghal Hidage, by Michael Holmes, published 2010 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 148, article, pp.71-78) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 18613] & The Keep [LIB/500366] & S.A.S. library   View Online

The striking rectangular pattern of the central Lewes streets is considered in its historical context. The absence of evidence for Roman settlement of the town and its first recorded appearance in the Burghal Hidage suggest an early Saxon origin. Detailed measurements of the layout of features of the town lead to a comparison with Hidage towns such as Wareham and Cricklade which were deliberately laid out as fortified settlements in the mid to late ninth century. It is concluded that Lewes fits this pattern. Based on this and recent discoveries, an estimate of the probable position of the Burgh Ditch is made.

The medieval hospital of St Nicholas, Lewes, East Sussex: excavations 1994, by Luke Barber and Lucy Sibun, published 2010 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 148, article, pp.79-110) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 18613] & The Keep [LIB/500366] & S.A.S. library   View Online

During the spring/summer of 1994 excavations were undertaken at the former site of the medieval hospital of St Nicholas, Lewes, East Sussex prior to redevelopment works. Two areas were excavated but little structural evidence for the hospital buildings was located. One area revealed part of the hospital cemetery and 103 burials were excavated. Also within this area were two large quarries thought to have been dug during a construction phase at the hospital, probably in the twelfth century. The second area contained yet another quarry, used for the disposal of large quantities of domestic refuse, particularly pottery, in the early thirteenth century. This area also contained the remains of a sill wall for a timber-framed building, which may have served the hospital.

The history of the hospital of St Nicholas, Lewes and its successors, by Christopher Whittick, published 2010 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 148, article, pp.111-128) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 18613] & The Keep [LIB/500366] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Although there is little direct evidence for the hospital in the medieval period, it featured in accounts of the battle of Lewes and as a landmark. Its usefulness enabled it to survive the dissolution of Lewes Priory, its patron house, and it was gradually appropriated by the authorities of the parish of St Anne, while maintaining an independent charitable status which ensured its exemption from the Poor Law Amendment Act in 1834. Featuring on maps of Lewes from 1618 onwards, its importance was recognised as early as the 1770s by an antiquary who commissioned drawings of the ruins. Redevelopment of the site began in 1867, and the erection of a school in 1910 produced further images in the form of architects' drawings and photographs. This article can be read as a pendant to the excavation report (for which it was originally commissioned - see this volume pp. 79-109) or as a piece of free-standing research, which should nonetheless inform any future archaeological investigation of the site.

North Street Car Park, Lewes (NGR: TQ41601022) - excavation report, by James McNicoll-Norbury and Andy Taylor, published May 2010 (Reading: Thames Valley Archaeological Services)   View Online

The Street Names of Lewes Past and Present, by L. S. Davey and revised and enlarged by Kim Clark, published 1 August 2010 (108 pp., The Friends of Lewes Society & printed at Pomegranate Press, ISBN-10: 1907242058 & ISBN-13: 9781907242052) accessible at: The Friends of Lewes & East Sussex Libraries

A fascinating exploration of the Lewes street scene bringing history to life at every turn. First published in 1961 and revised in 1970 and 1981.

Printers' Scrapbooks: Unique Resource Catalogued - Valuable local history archive now on-line, by Judy Brent, published August 2010 in Sussex Past & Present (no. 121, article, p.9, ISSN: 1357-7417) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/500475] & S.A.S. library   View Online

A fine collection of Lewes handbills dating from 1768- 1777 was the subject of a detailed article by Stanley Godman in Sussex Archaeological Collections 97 (1959). However, six additional scrapbooks contain over a thousand posters, broadsheets, billheads and other printed ephemera. Each item has recently been catalogued by Library volunteers and entered on a database which can be searched by person, place and subject.

Lewes, All Saints - Church monuments, edited by Nigel Llewellyn, published 2011 in East Sussex Church Monuments, 1530-1830 (Sussex Record Society, vol. 93, pp.197-200, ISBN-10: 0854450750 & ISBN-13: 9780854450756) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 17926] & The Keep [LIB/500470][LIB/507876] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries   View Online

Lewes, St. Anne - Church monuments, edited by Nigel Llewellyn, published 2011 in East Sussex Church Monuments, 1530-1830 (Sussex Record Society, vol. 93, pp.200-206, ISBN-10: 0854450750 & ISBN-13: 9780854450756) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 17926] & The Keep [LIB/500470][LIB/507876] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries   View Online

Lewes, St. John-sub-Castro - Church monuments, edited by Nigel Llewellyn, published 2011 in East Sussex Church Monuments, 1530-1830 (Sussex Record Society, vol. 93, pp.206-208, ISBN-10: 0854450750 & ISBN-13: 9780854450756) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 17926] & The Keep [LIB/500470][LIB/507876] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries   View Online

Lewes, St. Michael - Church monuments, edited by Nigel Llewellyn, published 2011 in East Sussex Church Monuments, 1530-1830 (Sussex Record Society, vol. 93, pp.212-216, ISBN-10: 0854450750 & ISBN-13: 9780854450756) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 17926] & The Keep [LIB/500470][LIB/507876] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries   View Online

Lewes, St. Thomas à Becket, Cliffe - Church monuments, edited by Nigel Llewellyn, published 2011 in East Sussex Church Monuments, 1530-1830 (Sussex Record Society, vol. 93, p.217, ISBN-10: 0854450750 & ISBN-13: 9780854450756) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 17926] & The Keep [LIB/500470][LIB/507876] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries   View Online

Lewes Police Station, West Street, Lewes (NGR: TQ41501028) - desk-based assessment and watching brief reports, by Sean Wallis and Felicity Howell, published April 2011 (Reading: Thames Valley Archaeological Services)   View Online

Quakers in Lewes: an Informal History, by David Hitchin, published 18 June 2011 (2nd edition, 116 pp., Lulu, ISBN-10: 1446144887 & ISBN-13: 9781446144886) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/502424] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

This is a history of the Quakers of Lewes Meeting from its origin in 1655. From being persecuted by the other inhabitants they gradually achieved respectability and then civic prominence. Their religious thinking has developed over the years, but it is still centred in the silent Meeting for Worship.

This book goes back to the start of the Quaker movement in Sussex c1655 and covers not only Lewes but also much of Sussex including Brighton, Horsham and Hurstmonceux. We are introduced to the leading lights in the Quakers: George Fox, William Penn, Thomas Paine - associated by family connection - as well as many local traders, businessmen and their families. They were subject to charges for not attending Church, sometimes resulting in imprisonment. Much detail is given aboutthe legal battles ensuing. It wasn't until 1689 with Act of Toleration that they were released from the obligation of attending church. The current Meeting House dates back to 1784 where Meetings are still held and the building was open to the public which I visited as part of the Heritage Weekend in Sept 2015. I found the book most interesting as a regular visitor to Lewes. It is well researched and presented with photos and illustrations, although perhaps does contain rather too many quotations from official sources for comfort. Copies are available from WSCC-and no doubt ESCC-libraries.

The Civic Insignia of Lewes: Revealing Lewes town's hidden treasures, by Dr. Michael Turner and Michael Chartier, B.A., published August 2011 in Sussex Past & Present (no. 124, article, p.13, ISSN: 1357-7417) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/500475] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Bonfire Night In Lewes, compiled by Brian W. Pugh, published 3 October 2011 (210 pp., London: MX Publishing, ISBN-10: 1908218649 & ISBN-13: 9781908218643) accessible at: British Library & East Sussex Libraries

A fascinating collection of historical articles charting the history of bonfire in Lewes from 1813 to the modern day. Plus a Time Line of relevant dates from 1555 to 2009, Bonfire Society Information and a complete list of the winners of the Pioneer Cup & Points Cup of the Lewes Bonfire Council Fancy Dress Competition.

Dripping Yarns: A Season with Lewes FC, by Stuart Fuller, published 1 November 2011 (250 pp. + 10 pp. of plates, Ipswich: Blackline Press, ISBN-10: 0956323871 & ISBN-13: 9780956323873) accessible at: British Library

Three years ago I was a happy man, sitting in my plastic seat at Upton Park, being told when I could stand up and cheer, what I could and could not drink, and paying a kings ransom for the pleasure of it. And then I stumbled upon non league football, and more particularly, Lewes FC. A club with a big heart, who were punching above their weight in the highest level of non league football. Two games later I was hooked. Mixing with fans who enjoyed a beer and a view on the game that was as far from the sterile political lines that dominate our media today. Two years later, with the club celebrating its 125th birthday they moved into the heart of the community with the adoption of a supporters-owned model. This is the story of that first season and the struggles that went along with it written as an outsider looking in on a very special football club.

The schools of Lewes: C13 to C21, by Brigid Chapman, published 2012 (95 pp., Lewes: C.G.B. Books, ISBN-10: 1873983093) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries

Flood defence in an urban environment: the Lewes Cliffe scheme, UK, by Andrew Burton, Colin Maplesden and Gary Page, published 2012 in Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers -- Urban Design and Planning (vol. 165, no. 4, article, pp.231-239)

Flood defence in an urban environment: the Lewes Cliffe scheme, UK, by A. Burton, C. Maplesden and G. Page, published 2012 in Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers. Urban design and planning (vol. 165, issue 4, article, pp.231-240)

1767-1799 Sussex Criminals and Victims, compiled by Michael J Burchall, published 2012 by Parish Register Transcription Society (Ref: SCV7, CD-ROM) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/508036]

CD arranged by date extracted by Michael J Burchall FSG, from original records in East Sussex Record Office. Detailed abstracts from Quarter Sessions at Chichester, Horsham, Lewes and Petworth listing the Charge, Offenders, Victims, Jurors and the Verdict and the Punishment. Nearly 15,000 persons are named and indexed.

1800-1825 Sussex Criminals and Victims, compiled by Michael J Burchall, published 2012 by Parish Register Transcription Society (Ref: BE03, CD-ROM) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/501587][Lib/504792]

A CD arranged by date extracted by Michael J Burchall FSG, from original records in East Sussex Record Office. Detailed abstracts from Quarter Sessions at Chichester, Horsham, Lewes and Petworth listing the Charge, Offenders, Victims, Jurors and the Verdict and the Punishment. Over 30,000 persons are named and indexed.

The Georgian provincial builder-architect and architect: Amon and Amon Henry Wilds of Lewes and Brighton, c. 1790-1850, by Sue Berry, published 2012 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 150, article, pp.162-183) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 18615] & The Keep [LIB/500368] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Provincial builders and architects designed the majority of urban buildings during the eighteenth and first half of the nineteenth centuries and therefore deserve study. Some, such as James Essex (1722-84), Owen Browne Carter (1806-1859), the Bastard family of Blandford and the Smiths of Warwick, had substantial influence within an area.1 From the later eighteenth century, provincial builder-architects and architects faced increasing competition from men trained in architectural practices in London who were particularly interested in the larger, more prestigious schemes. The Wilds moved from Lewes to Brighton when the resort was expanding rapidly; it was already far ahead of other resorts in scale and social status. Its growth attracted Charles Barry and other well-connected London architects, who were competing against each other as well as against provincial practitioners. Seen in this competitive context, self-taught provincial architects such as the Wilds were remarkably successful.

Making Lewes History Model: The model-makers remember, by James Franks, published 15 March 2012 (50 pp., Pomegranate Press, ISBN-10: 1907242260 & ISBN-13: 9781907242267)

Between 1984 and 1986 more than a hundred volunteers joined forces to build a scale 'sound and light' model of the historic centre of Lewes as it had been during the 1880s. Some were experienced model-makers, but others were simply brought together by chance and enthusiasm: students at Lewes Technical College, local artists and even prisoners at Lewes Gaol. The model, now known as 'The Story of Lewes Town', was recently renovated and can be enjoyed by all visitors to the castle.
James Franks's account of this remarkable project explores the logistics of its making and records the memories of many of those involved.

The Twittens: The Saxon and Norman Lanes of Lewes, by Kim Clark, published 10 July 2012 (62 pp., The Friends of Lewes Society & printed at Pomegranate Press, ISBN-10: 1907242309 & ISBN-13: 9781907242304) accessible at: The Friends of Lewes & East Sussex Libraries

South of Lewes High Street runs a filigree of narrow twittens between ancient flint walls - many created in Saxon times, others developed after the Normans arrived. The great castle probably obliterated a similar pattern of footpaths north of the High Street, but many fascinating lanes remain here, too.
In this handsomely illustrated book published on behalf of the Friends of Lewes, Kim Clark investigates the history of the twittens, and makes a strong case for their conservation at a time when their character is threatened by careless development.

The Swifts, 6 Market Lane, Lewes (NGR: TQ41561019) - watching brief report, by Felicity Howell, published August 2012 (Reading: Thames Valley Archaeological Services)   View Online

"You're Quite Sober for a Monday!": The Wit and Wisdom of the Brewers Arms, published 15 October 2012 (130 pp., Lewes: Pomegranate Press, ISBN-10: 1907242384 & ISBN-13: 9781907242380) accessible at: British Library

Building and Saving Fitzroy Library, Lewes, by James Franks, published 1 October 2012 (132 pp., Pomegranate Press, ISBN-10: 1907242325 & ISBN-13: 9781907242328)

In 1862 Hannah Fitzroy, an heiress of the fabulously wealthy Rothschild family, bought a plot of land at the foot of School Hill in Lewes on which to build a memorial to her late husband Henry, the town's MP for more than twenty years. She decided on a library, and appointed the most notable architect of the day, George Gilbert Scott.
For a hundred years Fitzroy Memorial Library served the people of the town, first as a private institution and later - a transfer timed to mark Queen Victoria's diamond jubilee - under public ownership. In the 1960s the books were housed in a new library and, with the Gothic style out of fashion, the old building fell into sorry decay, its roof beams open to the sky. At a crucial moment the Franks family stepped in to buy it and, with the help of a team of volunteer restorers, to convert it into the family home now known as Fitzroy House.

Lewes Through Time, by Bob Cairns, published 7 November 2012 (96 pp., Stroud: Amberley Publishing, ISBN-10: 1848688075 & ISBN-13: 9781848688070) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries

The fascinating history of Lewes illustrated through old and modern pictures.

In respect of the photographic heritage of the town and its accessibility to researchers and other interested parties, Lewes is fortunate - and doubly so. Firstly, there survives a friendly photographic business (with a magnificent archive) that has been active in and around the town since the 1850s. Secondly, the Lewes area is home to a number of indefatigable collectors of postcards of local views who recognise the potential value of their respective collections to the social and local historian. One of the infatigables has selected some treasures from his collection (2,000 strong - and counting, I am reliably informed) and joined with Amberley Publishing to present this latest title in the 'Through Time' series.
The conjoining of 'then' and 'now' images is well-tried and tested (though this book does not stick rigidly to the familiar formulaic format), and results in a graphic presentation of the changes in townscape, traders and traffic over the last 100 years or so. Changes in businesses and road use are a given; alterations in the fabric of the townscape, also, are to be expected, but the amount of change can vary from town to town.
On the whole, and here I disagree with the tag to the photograph on page 2, Lewes has not been decimated, whether 'in the name of progress' or in the name of anything else. Change occurs - slum clearance in the 1930s (Westgate Street, page 48; lower North Street, page 70); war damage (Stag Hotel, North Street, page 68); post-war concern with inter alia traffic flow and car parking (Malling Street, pages 9, 11-13; Cliffe crossroads, page 22; Little East Street, page 69). And, always there will be a destructive fire or two or three or four - Lewes Sanitary Steam Laundry, now housing (page 5); The Bear Hotel, rebuilt as JCH Martin and now Argos (pages 27-8); Smith's, now Mimi and A & A Nails (page 41); Dusart's, now A & Y Cumming and Lewesiana (page 45).
But, the impression gained from reading and viewing Bob Cairns' informed and informative 'through time' journey around Malling, Cliffe, Lewes and Southover, is that much of the townscape fabric recorded in the early-20th century has survived. Further to this, some of the buildings that have appeared in the intervening years - the art deco of Argos, the restrained balconied statement of Mimi and A&A Nails, for example (both new builds on fire sites, I note) - are undoubtedly adornments to an essentially 19th century and earlier townscape.

Floreat Lewys: 500 Years of Lewes Old Grammar School, by David Arscott, published 8 December 2012 (180 pp., Pomegranate Press, ISBN-10: 1907242333 & ISBN-13: 9781907242335) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries

In 1512, during the reign of Henry VIII, the wealthy widow Agnes Morley left money in her will for a free school at Southover, close to the majestic pile of Lewes Priory. The priory was soon to be destroyed during the dissolution of the monasteries, but the school went on to survive centuries of religious, political and economic upheaval.
David Arscott's tracing of its colourful story sets the ups and downs of what is now Lewes Old Grammar School in the context both of Lewes history and the development of education as a whole throughout the country. The book's second section features the 2012 celebrations of LOGS' proud quincentenary.

The Inns of Lewes Past and Present, by L. S. Davey, published 2013 (revised edition, 52 pp., The Friends of Lewes Society & printed at Pomegranate Press) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/502867] & The Friends of Lewes

Lewes once had at least seven breweries and seventy inns, and this book (a revised edition of Leslie Davey's original work of 1977) traces those long-gone, the many sturdy survivors and a sprinkling of recent additions.
A map of 1890 shows 66 pubs against just 21 today, the newest addition being the John Harvey Tavern in Cliffe. Attractively presented, this is a fine inspiration for all pub-crawlers of an historical bent.

A Marked Card, by Reginald Kyrke, published March 2013 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 20 no. 5, article, pp.207-209) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/508976] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

The place is the Borough of Lewes, and the time is ten minutes to twelve on the morning of Tuesday, 21 August 1849. A large crowd is standing in North Street, Market Street, East Street and Little East Street. Attention is centred on a strange wooden structure projecting above the wall of the House of Correction and County Goal, exactly opposite to the end of Little East Street, where the throng is at its densest - a curious goal post like erection, with a weighted rope stretched dangling from the middle of the crossbeam, almost touching a platform level with the inside of the wall parapet. The top-hatted figures of Superintendent HARPER, Inspectors FLANAGAN and DAWES, with those of eight Police Constables, move with some difficulty through the press of people, who are remarkably quiet and sober. Little East Street is quite choked with sightseers, who overflow into Waterloo Street, where Sergeant AKEHURST keeps watch with nine more Constables.
Sarah CARD, aged eight, is indoors at 16 West Street; her mother is brushing her hair before sending her down town to Priory Street on an errand to her aunt. "Now Sally, you are to go straight there - along Star Lane (now Fisher Street) and down St. Mary's Lane (now Station Street) no dodging about round corners - do you hear me?" She gives her daughter a little shake. Sally hears well enough but says nothing.

Lewes Racecourse: A Legacy Lost?, by Cheryl R. Lutring, published 12 June 2013 (162 pp., Phreestyle Pholios, ISBN-10: 0956913849 & ISBN-13: 9780956913845) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries

This book heralds the 50th anniversary of the closure of the Racecourse which coincides with the 750th anniversary of the Battle of Lewes.

Harveys Depot, Pinwell Road, Lewes (NGR: TQ41660993) - desk-based assessment and evaluation reports, by Sean Wallis, published June 2013 (Reading: Thames Valley Archaeological Services)   View Online

Solving Lewes Battle Riddles? Skeleton 180 sent for further analysis, by Edwina Livesey, published August 2013 in Sussex Past & Present (no. 130, article, p.10, ISSN: 1357-7417) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/500475] & S.A.S. library   View Online

The defeat of Henry III at the Battle of Lewes in 1264 was significant because it led to Simon de Montfort summoning Britain's first recorded representative parliament the following year. To help celebrate the 750th anniversary of the Battle due in May next year the Sussex Archaeological Society has sought to clarify two conundrums related to the Battle.

Chapel Hill Street Story, by Meg Griffiths, Mary Benjamin and Shân Rose, published 2014 (32 pp., Lewes History Group)   Download PDF

The lady fired splendidly': Lewes and the Women's Suffrage Campaign, by Frances Stenlake, published 2014 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 152, article) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 18617] & The Keep [LIB/508097] & S.A.S. library   View Online

In its reaction to the women's suffrage campaign conducted throughout the country during the years preceding the First World War, Lewes hardly lived up to its reputation for radicalism. Although certain eminent Lewesians, exhorted by members of the non-militant Brighton and Hove Women's Franchise Society, eventually formed a Lewes branch of the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies, this was of limited effect in promoting the cause. The problem for constitutional campaigners was that, in Lewes, confusion between non-militant Suffragists and law-breaking 'Suffragettes' prevailed. The proximity of Brighton and the well-publicised activity of militant activists there, members of the Women's Social and Political Union, caused the authorities in Lewes to be in constant fear of infiltration and destruction of property, especially while the organiser of the Brighton and Hove branch of the WSPU lodged in Southover High Street. The detention in Lewes Prison of women's suffrage campaigners convicted of criminal action contributed to the popular conception of all female campaigners for women's suffrage as bogeywomen, fit only to be impersonated by cross-dressed men in torch-lit processions, and burnt as effigies at Bonfire. The local press provides the only documentation of women's suffrage campaigning in Lewes, but there was no particularly sympathetic newspaper printed in the town. The success of the Cuckfield and Central Sussex Women's Suffrage Society, by contrast, owed much to the assured support of the Mid Sussex Times, printed in Haywards Heath, which repeatedly emphasised that, as a branch of the NUWSS, the CCSWSS was constitutional and law-abiding.

Thy Will Be Done, by Mark D. Bishop, published March 2014 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 21 no. 1, article, pp.27-32) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/508980]

Berkeley House, at No. 2 Albion Street is a delightful B&B and I fully recommend it. Just stroll down Lewes High Street towards the river and it is easy enough to find; there on the left, you cannot miss it. No. 2 is first in the row of fine Georgian terraced townhouses that were constructed in 1822. That 1960s, out-of-place looking block of an 'extension' built on the side is not what it seems though, because No. 2 Albion Street was the Sussex Probate Office from 1857 until 1976. That 'extension' was actually the walk-in strong room, the safe depository for keeping the Wills and other important documents in secure storage; the original 'The Keep', one might say. It was actually erected in two stages, the lower in 1862, while the upper was plonked on top of it in 1880. The heavy 8ft high, steel entrance door from the landing is still in situ, its brass fittings in working order, with the flat top of the strong-room now providing a pleasant roof terrace.
All these factoids are important to me because my great-great-grandfather (on my father's side) was the Chief Probate Clerk at No.2, Albion Street from about 1861 until 1882 - that being the year someone took a pot-shot at Queen Victoria at Windsor Station and fortunately missed. Hey, please do not let your imagination get away with you, it was not my great-great-grandfather, for no fame holds he to such high notoriety. No, he is known simply as Edwin BATTERSBY the Probate Clerk. Having said that, he might have been known to my great-great-grandmother (on my mother's side), Mary Jane "the Redhead", alias My Stray Sussex Angel (Family Historian Vol. 20 No 6 - June 2013) who also, coincidentally, by karmic design, or otherwise, happened to be living around Lewes High Street in the early 1860s.

Land adjacent to 20 The Lynchets, Lewes (NGR: TQ42191106) - watching brief report, by Felicity Howell, published August 2014 (Reading: Thames Valley Archaeological Services)   View Online

The Coach Roads to Brighton, by Geoffrey Hewlett, published 31 October 2014 (242 pp., Pen Press, ISBN-10: 1780037759 & ISBN-13: 9781780037752) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Before motorways and bypasses, before the advent of cars and even trains, horse-drawn vehicles carried the British people all around the country. From pedlars to clerks to the Prince Regent himself, the old coach roads led the way, and while the coach traveller certainly made their journey in less comfort than today's car passenger, they also felt the benefits of a less altered landscape, the sound of birdsong and the scent of the breeze. Based on the author's detailed study of the coach roads and his own experiences of walking the length of each of them in turn, The Coach Roads to Brighton details the histories of each of the old routes from London to the coastal town of Brighton, telling the stories of the people, horses and vehicles that used them and the often shocking, inspiring and humorous anecdotes from the days when bridles chinked and carriage wheels raised dust as Regency England followed its prince to the seaside.

Lewes and Evesham 1264-65: Simon de Montfort and the Baron's War, by Richard Brooks and illustrated by Graham Turner, published 20 July 2015 (96 pp., Osprey Publications, ISBN-10: 147281150X & ISBN-13: 9781472811509) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries

At the crescendo of the Second Barons' War were the battles of Lewes and Evesham. It was an era of high drama and intrigue, as tensions between crown and aristocracy had boiled over and a civil war erupted that would shape the future of English government. In this detailed study, Richard Brooks unravels the remarkable events at the battles of Lewes and Evesham, revealing the unusually tactical nature of the fighting, in sharp contrast to most medieval conflicts which were habitually settled by burning and ravaging. At Lewes, Simon de Montfort, the powerful renegade leader of the Baronial faction, won a vital victory, smashing the Royalist forces and capturing Henry III and Prince Edward. Edward escaped, however, to lead the Royalist armies to a crushing victory just a year later at Evesham. Using full color illustrations, bird's eye views and detailed maps to generate an arresting visual perspective of the fighting, this book tells the full story of the battles of Lewes and Evesham, the only pitched battles to be fought by English armies in the mid-13th century.

Lewes: the Postcard Collection, by Bob Cairns, published 15 August 2015 (128 pp., Stroud: Amberley Publishing, ISBN-10: 1445641283 & ISBN-13: 9781445641287) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Lewes, the county town of East Sussex, started out as a bridging point and market town. Steeped in history, the town was an important Saxon burgh by 900, boasting two licensed mints. Its importance was reinforced when William de Warenne, a key ally of William the Conqueror, built his castles here. First a temporary building on Brack Mount, known as Bray Castle, and second the impressive stone and flint building erected nearby, so giving Lewes, perhaps uniquely, two mottes and one castle. Lewes Castle still dominates and is well worth a visit.
Intercepted by the River Ouse, there are a number of gorgeous countryside walks to take advantage of in this charming ancient town. The Postcard Collection beautifully illustrates the culture and character of Lewes, taking us on a journey through its historical past.

Lewes Bones Latest! What the Lewes skeletons have revealed, by Edwina Livesey, published August 2015 in Sussex Past & Present (no. 136, article, pp.6-7, ISSN: 1357-7417) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/507923] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Exciting new evidence has emerged about the medieval hospital of St Nicholas, Lewes (SAC 148) thanks to further scientific research led by Sussex Archaeological Society on this important site. Carbon dating evidence gathered from 13 of its skeletons has demonstrated the associated cemetery has a very wide chronological range, with burials spanning the late 11th/early 12th to the 16th, or even early 17th centuries. This proves that the hospital, thought to have been run by monks from Lewes Priory, had an early foundation.

The Pubs of Lewes, East Sussex 1550-2000, by David & Lynda Russell, published 11 September 2015 (322 pp., Lynda Russell, ISBN-10: 0956291791 & ISBN-13: 9780956291790) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/509035] & East Sussex Libraries

Cliffe Bonfire Society, by Brian W. Pugh, published 12 October 2015 (172 pp., London: MX Publishing, ISBN-10: 1780928734 & ISBN-13: 9781780928739)

A fascinating collection of historical verbatim reports from local newspapers with added information from the Cliffe archives charting how bonfire was celebrated by Cliffe Bonfire Society from 1853 to the modern day. Also included are photographs from various periods, some never published before, plus lists of Cliffe Officers, Life Members, the titles of bonfire tunes, the title of songs from Cliffe badge night, society headquarters, Pope Effigies blown up, bonfire firesites, tableaux and effigies. It also includes an interesting Forward by David S. Bristow.

Excavations at Castle Ditch Lane, Lewes, East Sussex, 2003, by Richard James, published 2016 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 154, article, pp.141-156) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 18939] & The Keep [LIB/509465] & S.A.S. library

Lewes Pubs, by Kevin Newman, published 15 August 2016 (96 pp., Stroud: Amberley Publishing, ISBN-10: 1445658259 & ISBN-13: 9781445658254) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

Ever since the days when it was reconstructed as one of King Alfred's burhs (fortified towns), Lewes has experienced a wealth of taverns, inns, alehouses, and public houses. Today the erstwhile county town of Sussex has a range of pubs that reflect this interesting, quirky, affluent yet also sometime fiercely independent and radical town.,br />Author Kevin Newman takes the reader on a fascinating journey through Lewes' watering houses past and present. He explores the trivial, the unknown, the spooky, the unusual and the achievements that have taken place in the town's pubs. He also tells of the many characters that have frequented or run Lewes' public houses, including the pub that stands on the site of the UK's highest death toll from an avalanche. Lewes Pubs tells many fascinating tales and will make locals and visitors alike want to visit one of the town's taverns straight away.

Shopfronts in Lewes: Planning Advice Note, published September 2016 (The Friends of Lewes Society & printed at Pomegranate Press) accessible at: The Friends of Lewes

This Friends of Lewes update of an Local District Council 1992 advice note is intended to be of assistance to local traders, building owners and developers in Lewes who are planning work to shopfronts or to erect related signs and advertisements.

The Sun Street Story, by Brian Cheesmur, Rosemary Page, Frances Stenlake and Susan Weeks, published 8 November 2016 (A Street Stories Project, 83 pp., Lewes: Lewes History Group, ISBN-10: 0995606404 & ISBN-13: 9780995606401) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries

Trans-Tethyan correlation of the Lower?Middle Cenomanian boundary interval: Southern England (Southerham, near Lewes, Sussex) and Douar el Khiana, northeastern Algeria, by William J. Kennedy and Andrew S. Gale, published 2017 in Acta Geologica Polonica  (vol. 67, no. 1, article, pp.75-108)

Secret Lewes, by Terry Philpot, published 15 January 2017 (96 pp., Stroud: Amberley Publishing, ISBN-10: 1445661969 & ISBN-13: 9781445661964) accessible at: British Library & East Sussex Libraries

Lewes appears to be a tranquil and attractive place but its alleyways and buildings conceal many stories. The town's origins can be traced back to prehistory and the Romans, Anglo-Saxons and Normans have all left their mark.
Author Terry Philpot takes the reader on a fascinating journey through streets that have been walked by artists like Eric Gill and writers from John Evelyn to Virginia Woolf, as well as revolutionaries and reformers from Thomas Paine to Eamon de Valera, and some remarkable local people. The annual Bonfire Night, when an effigy of the Pope is burned, is a reminder of a vibrant religious history that includes the Norman foundation of the Priory of St Pancras to the execution of seventeen Protestant martyrs in the sixteenth century. From the decisive battle of the Second Barons' War, England's 'unknown' civil war of the thirteenth century, to its prison, which held Finnish soldiers captured during the Crimean War 600 years later, English history echoes in Lewes. But it is also a place where eccentrics have had a place, inventors and pioneers have thrived, and entrepreneurs, whose names are now known in today's fashionable shopping places, have flourished.
Dominated by castle and prison and once a major port, Lewes' past, sometimes violent, sometimes inventive, and sometimes creative but always engrossing, is ever present all around you.

Screen Stories: Lewes Goes to the Pictures, by Ruth Thomson, published 27 May 2017 (Lewes History Group, ISBN-13: 9780995606418)

The building of Depot, Lewes' new cinema, was the original catalyst for Screen Stories. Reel Lewes, a group of Lewes-based film professionals and researchers led by Ruth Thomson, has spent two years investigating the history of the three previous cinemas in the town: the County Theatre (Watergate Lane), Cinema de Luxe (School Hill) and the Odeon (Cliffe), which operated from 1910 to 1971.

Baxter's Illustrated Guide to Lewes, published (no date) (pamphlet) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 4265]

1625 - 1800 Sussex Assizes, published (no date) by Parish Register Transcription Society (Ref: SXXASZ, CD-ROM)

Abstracts of 2718 cases tried between 1625 and 1800 at the higher Assize Courts held in Lent and Summer at Horsham (which had the county gaol from 1541), East Grinstead (a popular venue for Justices before turnpike roads) and Lewes. The CD complements the classic Millennium of Facts of The History of Horsham and Sussex 947-1947 compiled by William Albery. It also includes a list of Burials of prisoners from Horsham Gaol, and the old and new references to Assize Indictment Files in The National Archives with Dates and Places held, as well as a Surname Index.

Lewes Bishops Transcripts, published (no date) by the Sussex Family History Group and Parish Register Transcription Society (Ref: SXE69, CD-ROM)

Bishops Transcripts of Lewes St Anne (previously known as St Mary Westout) Christenings, Marriages and Burials 1608-1678 by date and indexed. PRTS Vol.69 pdf CD (formerly mini-CD of SFHG booklet PH52).

1811 Lewes, St Michael Census, published (no date) (Ref: BP40, PBN Publications)

1841 Census vol.22 - Lewes and South Malling, published (no date) by PBN Publications (Ref: BPCX, CD-ROM)