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    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)...
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  • commander, David Stirling, said later of Lewes, "Jock could far more genuinely claim to be founder of the SAS than I." Lewes also invented an explosive device...
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  • com/title/tt6497600/ Mortimer p27 Mortimer p42 Mortimer p43 Lewes, John (2001). Jock Lewes: The Biography of Jock Lewes, Co-founder of the SAS. Pen & Sword Books Ltd...
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  • Look up Lewes in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Lewes is the county town of East Sussex in the United Kingdom. Lewes may also refer to: Lewes (district)...
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    Maryland–Delaware Metropolitan Statistical Area. Lewes proudly claims to be "The First Town in The First State." Lewes was the site of the first European settlement...
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    Lewes Football Club is a semi-professional football club based in Lewes, East Sussex, England. Established in 1885, they were founder members of the East...
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    Lewes Bonfire, or Bonfire for short, describes a set of celebrations held in the town of Lewes in Sussex, England, that constitute the United Kingdom's...
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    though they never married each other. Lewes, born in London, was the illegitimate son of the minor poet John Lee Lewes and Elizabeth Ashweek, and the grandson...
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    The Lewes Martyrs were 17 Protestants who were burned at the stake in Lewes, Sussex, England, between 1555 and 1557. These executions were part of the...
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  • Quoted in D. Jones, The Plantagenets (London 2012), p. 283. C. L. Kingsford, ed., The Song of Lewes (Oxford, 1963 [1890]) The Song of the Battle of Lewes...
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    Tom Hanks (redirect from Samantha Lewes)
    Samantha Lewes (1952–2002) in 1978. They had one son, actor Colin (b. 1977), and one daughter, Elizabeth (b. 1982). Hanks and Lewes divorced in 1987. Lewes died...
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    Lewes Castle is a medieval castle in the town of Lewes in East Sussex, England. Originally called Bray Castle, it occupies a commanding position guarding...
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    Colin Lewes Hanks (born November 24, 1977) is an American actor and comedian. He has starred in films including Orange County, King Kong, The House Bunny...
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    The Battle of Lewes was one of two main battles of the conflict known as the Second Barons' War. It took place at Lewes in Sussex, on 14 May 1264. It...
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  • also the author of some dramatic sketches. Lewes was three times married; the philosopher George Henry Lewes was his grandson. Comic Sketches (London:...
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    and Lewes, who subsequently considered themselves married. Evans began to refer to Lewes as her husband and to sign her name as Mary Ann Evans Lewes, legally...
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    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...
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  • Lewes is a surname, and may refer to: Charles Lee Lewes, British actor George Henry Lewes (1817–1878), British philosopher and literary critic Jock Lewes...
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    The Rape of Lewes (also known as Lewes Rape) is one of the rapes, the traditional sub-divisions unique to the historic county of Sussex in England. The...
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  • England. The title takes its name after Lewes, the county town of East Sussex. The bishops suffragan of Lewes were area bishops since the Chichester area...
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  • The Lewes pound is a local currency in use in the town of Lewes, East Sussex. Inspired by the Totnes pound and BerkShare, the currency was introduced...
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    Lewes Priory is a part-demolished medieval Cluniac priory in Lewes, East Sussex in the United Kingdom. The ruins have been designated a Grade I listed...
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    used by fishwives bringing fish caught in Brighton to the market in Lewes. Lewes Road was turnpiked in 1770, and urban development spread rapidly along...
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  • View images of Lewes RFC Lewes RFC's home ground is the Stanley Turner Ground, Lewes. In 2008 the club working in partnership with Lewes District Council...
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  • Delaware, to the Lewes and Rehoboth Canal in Lewes, and a 1.6 mile rail-to-trail section from the canal to Cape Henlopen State Park in Lewes. The railroad...
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    Spilsted Farm near Hastings; Kittyhawk Aerodrome near Lewes; and Deanland Airfield, also near Lewes. A ferry operates from Newhaven to Dieppe in France...
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    Leona Lewis (redirect from Leona Lewes)
    Leona Louise Lewis OBE (born 3 April 1985) is a British singer, songwriter, actress, model, and activist. Born and raised in Islington, Inner London, she...
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    Line), thereby gaining access to Lewes. The section from East Grinstead to Culver Junction was closed in 1958, and the Lewes to Uckfield line in 1969 by British...
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    buildings built in Lewes in 1984 and Cape May in 1988 along with new toll booths, passenger loading buildings. The terminal building in Lewes was renovated...
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    MacCleary, a Liberal Democrat. The constituency includes the town of Lewes, most of the Lewes District, including the coastal towns of Seaford and Newhaven,...
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