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A traditional market town and centre of communications, in 1264 it was the site of the Battle of Lewes. The town's landmarks include Lewes Castle, Lewes Priory, Bull House (the former home of Thomas Paine), Southover Grange and public gardens, and a 16th-century timber-framed Wealden hall house known as Anne of Cleves House.
Lewes Historic District is a national historic district located at Lewes, Sussex County, Delaware.The district includes 122 contributing buildings and 6 contributing sites encompassing most of the 17th-century town of Lewes, together with part of Pilot Town.
A Soldiers Dinner in Lewes Town Hall. The Kiss is under the cover at the back [ 10 ] The sculpture, The Kiss , by Auguste Rodin , was placed on display in the assembly room of the town hall during much of the First World War but was removed in 1917, supposedly after a local headmistress, Kate Fowler Tutt , objected to its erotic nature. [ 11 ]
Lewes railway station serves the town of Lewes in East Sussex, England. It has five platforms and is on the East Coastway Line, 49 miles 74 chains (80.3 km) from London Bridge via Redhill. Train services are provided by Southern. The station has a café and there is a taxi office on the main forecourt. There is a small taxi rank outside.
Lewes is a local government district in East Sussex, England. The district is named after the town of Lewes. The largest town is Seaford. The district also includes the towns of Newhaven, Peacehaven and Telscombe and numerous villages and surrounding rural areas. The council meets in Lewes and has its main offices in Newhaven.
Lewes Borough is the joint oldest society with Cliffe, formed in 1853. Until 1859 they were known as the 'Lewes Town Bonfire Society' so they are really not considered the oldest consistently named society. That mantel belongs to Cliffe. They have been marching the streets of the town for over 150 years.
The town of Lewes enjoys a strategic position on the River Ouse and surrounded by hills. There is evidence of Anglo-Saxon habitation, and by the 10th century it had become the most important borough in Sussex. [7] It was the administrative centre of the Rape of Lewes, one of the pre-Norman subdivisions of Sussex.
Close to the city boundary at the north end of Lewes Road are the Brighton Aldridge Community Academy, built in 2010–11 and set back from the road into the hillside, [64] and The Keep (2011–2013), an archive and historical resource centre for East Sussex and the city of Brighton and Hove. [70]
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