Cuckfield Connections

The Fraternity of our Blessed Lady In the 15th and early 16th centuries villagers would have been grateful for the work of the Fraternity...

Holy Trinity Church, Cuckfield, once had an alehouse in the churchyard which helped attract worshippers from all corners of the parish....

There is an interesting custom still observed at Holy Trinity Church, Cuckfeld, of having a parochial tea, known as a 'Trinity Tea,' for...

Wills reveal spelling and consciences of the departed Mr James North, of Brighton, has written a deeply interesting article descriptive...

An occurrence, happily not usual, at Cuckfield, on Wednesday, was the ringing of the death bell three times. On that day the death took...

Mid Sussex Times - Tuesday 20 July 1909 ANCIENT PARISH CHURCHES IN MID SUSSEX INTERESTING DETAILS. Mr. James North, of Brighton, has...

Cuckfield Church is especially interesting, as being in all probability a monument of the pastoral labours of our Sussex Saint, Richard...

Cuckfield The old parish church was handsomely decorated for Christmastide. The font was decorated with fresh ivy, ferns holly, and...

At the Cuckfield Easter Vestry, held in the Parish Room on Wednesday evening, the problem of the repair of the Parish Church roof was...

The loan exhibition On Monday next the Loan Exhibition, illustrating the Age of Chivalry and the Religious and Civil Life of the Middle...

The impending reirement of Mr William Crick Following our earlier posting we have unearthed another account, two years after the first,...

In the early 1800s Cuckfield Church had high backed 'stall' pews. Some were assigned to the wealthier local families and sometimes will...

We are very fortunate to have some of the finest examples of Victorian stained glass windows, woodwork and painted roof as part of the...

This article dates from 1887 and was published in the Mid Sussex Times: The Jesse Window which we announced some time ago was to be...

The victory of Waterloo, in June 1815, was celebrated in Cuckfield on 4 September by The Society of College Youths, a bell-ringing...

Mid Sussex Times - Tuesday 15 March 1904 There has been placed in the west tower of Cuckfield Church, the parochial registers of which...

Willam Crick was a well known evangelist who travelled widely in Mid Sussex. Cuckfield was his home for several years, and also where he...

Kent Times - Saturday 01 April 1876 CUCKFIELD. A lady, during the recent boisterous gale, was walking down the principal street with the...

Cuckfield has associations with archery going back to the battle of Agincourt. The local club which celebrates its 50th anniversary...

Mid Sussex Times - Tuesday 2 February 1926 To whom it may concern - we have received the following letter from Cuckfield resident Will...