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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 first recorded event was in 1795.
The Sussex Bonfire tradition is a uniquely local form of protest with several influences under the motto We Burn For Good. Whereas Guy Fawkes night in most parts of Great Britain is traditionally commemorated at large public fireworks displays or small family bonfires, towns in Sussex and Kent hold huge gala events with fires, processions and festivals.
Lewes Bonfire Night celebrations. ... On November 5 (or on the 4th if the 5th falls on a Sunday) several torch-lit processions parade through the historic town, featuring thousands of people, many ...
The Bonfire Night celebrations in Lewes start with a parade through the town (Gareth Fuller/PA) ... and a rioter featured at this year’s Bonfire Night event in Lewes, East Sussex (Gareth Fuller ...
The society forms part of a network of bonfire societies in the Lewes area which serve the purpose both of remembering the Gunpowder Plot and of recalling the fate of the Sussex Martyrs. The village holds its celebrations in October before the main event in Lewes. Traditionally the Firle Bonfire Society Pioneers wear Valencian costumes.
In Lewes, hundreds are expected for the annual bonfire parade, which will see people line the streets for a procession involving a fiery spectacle of effigy and cross burning.
Richard Woodman and nine other people were burned together in Lewes on 22 June 1557, on the orders of Edmund Bonner, Bishop of London — the largest single bonfire of people that ever took place in England. [4] [5] The ten of them had not been kept in the town gaol before they were executed but in an undercroft of the Star Inn.