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Pelham House is a large red-bricked building at St Andrews Lane in Lewes, East Sussex. The building which was the headquarters of East Sussex County Council from 1938 to 1968, is a Grade II listed building .
Laughton Place is a historic building near Lewes, Sussex owned by the Landmark Trust. The Pelham family bought Laughton Place, an old fortified manor, in 1466; it was rebuilt in 1534 by William Pelham. Laughton Tower was restored under the supervision of architect John Warren in the 1980s.
After being based at County Hall in the High Street in Lewes since its formation in 1889, [1] [2] East Sussex County Council relocated to Pelham House in Lewes in 1938. [3] After deciding that Pelham House was too restricted for future expansion, county leaders chose to procure a new purpose-built county headquarters: the site they selected was open land located between St Anne's Church and ...
The buckle was a gift from the King to Nicholas Pelham (died 1560) in reward for leading a group of men from Seaford and local landowners to repulse a small French fleet that attempted to land in Seaford Bay in 1545. The area of the battle, at the western end of Seaford, East Sussex seafront, is, consequently, now known as The Buckle. [3]
The Sussex Express newspaper (formally the Sussex Express and County Herald) was established in 1837 in Lewes as the Sussex Agricultural Express and merged with the Sussex County Herald in 1938. [148] Now headquartered in Horsham, it serves Lewes and much of East Sussex. It has four editions and includes extensive coverage of the local sports ...
The Pelham family descends from Thomas Pelham of Laughton, Sussex, who represented Lewes and Sussex in the House of Commons. In 1611 he was created a baronet, of Laughton in the Baronetage of England. [3] He was succeeded by his son, the second Baronet who sat as MP for East Grinstead and Sussex.
Coombe Place Offham, Hamsey, Lewes: Farmhouse: 1657: 17 March 1952: 1221911: Upload Photo: Hamsey House Cottage Yeomans Hamsey, Lewes: House: 19th century: 20 August ...
Dwile flonking at the Lewes Arms pub in Sussex. Dwile flonking, dwyle flunking, or nurdling is a British pub game played by two teams, with one dancing around in a circle, while a player from the other team attempts to hit them by throwing a beer-soaked cloth. The game is associated with the counties of Norfolk and Suffolk.