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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2E6S_what-happened-where_England.html
What Happened Where?. . What Happened Where?. The de Warenne family lived inside the safest part of the Castle, the Shell Keep. Most of the Castle's occupants lived and worked in the Bailey. This was a large, roughly oval area between the two…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2E6R_lewes-prison_England.html
Lewes Prison. . . A new, larger prison was needed in Lewes in the mid-19th century and opened in 1853. The Prison is now old but still houses over 500 prisoners. . . Mick Jagger, of the pop group The Rolling Stones was one of its most famou…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2E6Q_st-michaels-church_England.html
St Michael's Church. . . St Michael's Church is one of the oldest in Lewes. It was built just inside the West Gate of the town. The oldest surviving part of the church is the round tower, which may have been built in the 12th century. . . Th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2E6P_southover-grange_England.html
Southover Grange. . . Southover was one of the earliest suburbs of Lewes. The Priory was built here on low land between the River Ouse and the Winterbourne stream. . . King Henry VIII ordered the Priory to be destroyed in 1537-8. Some of the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2E6O_mount-caburn_England.html
Mount Caburn. . . There was an Iron Age hillfort on Mount Caburn about 1000 years before Lewes Castle was built. . . The hillfort dominated the valley of the River Ouse from the east. Lewes Castle was built to control the valley from the wes…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2E6N_protestant-martyrs_England.html
Protestant Martyrs. . . In the 1550s, during the reign of the Catholic Queen, Mary, 17 Protestants were burned to death in Lewes. They died in front of the Star Inn, now the Town Hall, in the High Street. . . This Obelisk was built in 1889 as…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2E6M_the-wealds_England.html
The Wealds. . . The Weald is an area surrounded by chalk hills called the North and South Downs. Lewes is on the South Downs. In the distance you can see the sandstone ridge of the High weald. . . Closer to Lewes is the Low Weald. For many …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2E6L_lewes-racecourse_England.html
Lewes Racecourse. . . Lewes Racecourse was open by 1712. The first grandstand was built in the 1770s. Lewes races were very fashionable. . . In 1806 two horses, Pancho and Pavilion, raced for a prize of over £2000. The Prince Regent and 3000…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2E67_protestant-martyrs-prison_England.html
Protestant Martyrs Prison. . In the vaults beneath this building were imprisoned ten of the seventeen Protestant martyrs who were burned at the stake within a few yards of this site 1555 - 1557 Their names are recorded on the memorial to …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2E66_albion-russell_England.html
Albion Russell. . Albion Russell (1821 - 1888) opened a boot and shoe shop here in 1861. In 1873 he was joined by George Bromley which led to the founding of today's Russell and Bromley..
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