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Cuckfield Connections
A personal journey of discovery
Sep 16, 20231 min read
1930: Memorial for celebrated author
Mid Sussex Times - Tuesday 08 April 1930 Admirers of Henry Kingsley, the well known novelist, will be gratified to learn that steps are...
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Sep 12, 20231 min read
1867: Vicar calls for censure of church window vandals
Sussex Advertiser - Saturday 25 May 1867 BREAKING the CHURCH WINDOWS. The Rev. T. A. Maberly, vicar of Cuckfield, laid complaint against...
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Aug 18, 20232 min read
1921: Band of Hope outing
Saturday’s brilliant weather was ideal for the annual summer outing of the Cuckfield Band of Hope which took place to the Orchard...
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Aug 14, 20232 min read
1937: Women laugh as coffins pass
Women laugh as coffins pass "Would parents keep their children quiet or kindly leave the church grounds?” So pleaded the Rev. JP....
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Jul 12, 20232 min read
1862: Fine Cuckfield celebrations of Harvest Home
Brighton Gazette - Thursday 02 October 1862 CUCKFIELD. Harvest Home. Thursday last was a day set apart for a public celebration of...
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Jun 9, 20231 min read
1841: Curate Dixon's unassuming demeanor
A few weeks since we announced the death of Mr Plimley our late Vicar; and we believe no man was more beloved and reflected. Mr Maberly...
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May 30, 20231 min read
1892: For whom the bell tolls
Deaths of inhabitants An occurrence, happily not usual, at Cuckfield, on Wednesday, was the ringing of the death bell three times. On...
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Apr 27, 20232 min read
1943: Mobile delivery to the poor
Since February, 1941, a Church Army mobile canteen has been operating from Cuckfield to the isolated units in a wide area. The time has...
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Apr 23, 20231 min read
1937: When Cuckfield faced the music
‘The Musickers’ In a lecture at Lewes on ‘Sussex Music in thePast’ the Rev. KH MacDermott said that at the Restoration in 1660 the...
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Apr 21, 20231 min read
1907: Unwelcome early alarm call
At the Cuckfield Easter Vestry it was reported that the Sexton, mistaking the time, had rung the parishioners to early morning service at...
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Apr 20, 20231 min read
1928: Tar nuisance in Cuckfield Churchyard
Mid Sussex Times - Tuesday 31 July 1928 TARRING IN CUCKFIELD CHURCHYARD. To the Editor of The Mid-Sussex Times. Dear Sir, During the...
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Apr 10, 20231 min read
1915: Who will ring the bells at Church?
Sussex Agricultural Express - Friday 26 November 1915 WHO WILL RING THE BELLS? Cuckfield has a splendid peal of bells. Prior to the...
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Apr 8, 20233 min read
1929: Eyewitness accounts of the Kingsleys in Cuckfield
STORIES OF HENRY KINGSLEY A lady, who as a child lived with her mother opposite the Kingsley’s house in Cuckfield, and her husband, Mr....
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Mar 30, 20231 min read
1904: Belfry secrets
There has been placed in the west tower of Cuckfield Church, the parochial registers of which date from the year 1508, the works of an...
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Mar 16, 20231 min read
1870: Opening the Congregational chapel
This is very handsome building, that has cost £2000, raise by subscriptions, will be open for divine service on Thursday next, the works...
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Mar 12, 20231 min read
1929: Window struck by lightning
During the height of the thunderstorm on Saturday evening lightning struck the wood work and smashed a pane of glass of a window at the...
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Mar 2, 20237 min read
1903: 120 make whistle stop tour
Sussex Archaeologists Summer Meeting, Saturday 12 June It is about fifteen years since the Sussex Archaeologists as a body visited...
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Feb 23, 20231 min read
1758: 'Agreeable' Cuckfield lady (with handsome fortune) marries at Holy Trinity Church
Sussex Advertiser - Monday 03 July 1758 The Rev. Mr. Tench, Rector of Newhaven Vicar of West Hoathly, in this County, was married last...
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Feb 8, 20231 min read
1927: First vicar's daughter married in the village for 60 years
Picturesque ceremony at the parish church The residents of Cuckfield have not had the pleasure of witnessing the marriage of a daughter...
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Jan 30, 20231 min read
1880: Baptist Chapel renovations celebrated
West Sussex County Times-Saturday 14 August 1880 Baptist Chapel
The renovation of this ancient edifice, situate in the "Polestub",...
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