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LEWES

Volume 6 · 52 words · 1778 Edition

a town of Sussex in England, seated on an eminence on the banks of the river Ouse. It is a large well built place, hath two streets paved, and six parish-churches built with flint-stone. It contains about 1500 houses, and upwards of 6000 inhabitants. E. Long. 0° 5'. N. Lat. 50° 50'.