St Annes

This church, originally known as St Peters and St Mary Westout was built outside the Town walls in the 12th century. It is a splendid example of Norman architecture with its small rounded doorway and its solid carved interior columns. The chancel was rebuilt in the 13th century. The Font, dating from the 12th century has some fine old carvings; whilst the church roof dates from the 16th century. In the 12th century anchoress made the church her home and allowed herself to be walled up in a tiny cell by the chancel wall, with only a small window. Her little cold cell became her coffin The 1851 Religious Census of St Annes, Lewes Free sittings 164, others 280 = 444 Attendance in Morning 148 + 48 = 196; Evening 166 + 38 = 204 Charles Stroud Green, Rector, St Annes, Lewes

Monumental Inscriptions as recorded by Ridley Bax in the late 1890's

Surname    Mon No

Andrew    29
Austin    63
Boxall    50
Boys      39, 40, 41, 42
Brown     20, 62
Buckwell  51
Burfoot   34
Champion   2
Comber     9
Coppinger 10
Cox       31
Ditch     33
Earl      30
Farnes    52
Fold      26, 27
Gell      60
Gibbs      8
Giles     54
Hamilton  62
Hilder    16
hilton     1, 4
Hobbs     48
Hurt       2
Hutchins  32
Innes     53
James     49
Jefferson 20
Kennard   44
King      45
Lang       3
Leney     33
Longley   43
Martin     5
Maxfield  13, 14, 15, 38
Medhurst  58
Patchin   59
Puckle    25
Raggett   57
Raymond   46
Ridge     47
Rogers    29
Sandals   20, 21
Shelley    6
Simmons   24, 32, 35
Smith     11, 17, 18, 19
Stopell   51
Tourit    56
Trimbey   61
Walls     12, 21
Wenham    37
White      7
Winter    23, 28, 36
Wood      55
Woolgar   30