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Lewes Avalanche
- When
- 27 December 1836
- Where
- Boulder Row, South Street (at the foot of Cliffe Hill)
Snow on a chalk cliff above Lewes collapsed onto Boulder Row on South Street, destroying seven cottages and killing eight of fifteen inhabitants.
On 27 December 1836, a huge build-up of snow on a chalk cliff overlooking Lewes collapsed into the settlement 100 metres (330 ft) below. It destroyed Boulder Row, a row of seven flimsily constructed workers' cottages on South Street at the foot of Cliffe Hill. Contemporary reports indicated that fifteen people were in the cottages when the avalanche struck, and eight of them were killed.
Sources
- Lewes avalanche Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-20
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