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Cuckfield Connections
A personal journey of discovery




1841: Navvies tried to murder a Railway Constable
Brighton Gazette - Thursday 13 May 1841 May 5, 1841. Robert Taylor, John Owen, and William Johnson, three labourers on the railway,...
Jun 28, 20232 min read
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1851: Haywards Heath home: robber confesses
Oxford Journal - Saturday 26 April 1851 THE FRIMLEY GANG. Lewes, Tuesday, April 22. Since the committal of James Hamilton (the...
Jun 18, 20232 min read
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1849: Captain Preston's tale of derring do
Brighton Gazette - Thursday 29 November 1849 Edward Haselgrove (of Cuckfield), David Botting, George Botting, and Michael Botting (of...
Jun 12, 20231 min read
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1850: Whiteman's Green boys stake out hay thieves
Brighton Gazette - Thursday 23 May 1850 CUCKFIELD. On Monday last, James Hayler, jun., of Whiteman’s Green, was charged at Mr Wailer’s...
Jun 10, 20231 min read
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1885: Determined beggar
At the Brighton Borough Bench on Tuesday, James Mitchell (31) was charged with begging. PC Cornford, on the previous afternoon, saw the...
Jun 7, 20231 min read
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1932: Man won't pay wife's debts
Mid Sussex Times - Tuesday 15 November 1932 PUBLIC NOTICE I, ABRAHAM GARNER, Jun.. of 8 Glebe Road, Cuckfield. Sussex, HEREBY DECLARE...
Jun 6, 20231 min read
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1855: 12 year old pickpocket caught at The Ship
Sussex Advertiser - Tuesday 12 June 1855 Magisterial Business, Thursday, June 7th.— William Wood, aged 12, was tried under the Juvenile...
Jun 4, 20231 min read
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1868: Daring robbers left no clues
Brighton Gazette - Thursday 16 January 1868 CUCKFIELD. Daring Robbery.—A daring robbery was committed last week at Boardhill. It appears...
May 29, 20231 min read
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1969: Widow implicated in death of her sister
Widow, Mrs Dorothy Nield, 68, of Worting Road, Basingstoke, was last night committed by Basingstoke magistrates for trial at Hampshire...
May 28, 20231 min read
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1889: Haywards Heath better location for County court
Sussex Agricultural Express - Tuesday 09 April 1889 CUCKFIELD. THE COUNTY COURT.- Mr. Trevor Pollard and Mr J. C. Buckwell, of Brighton,...
May 27, 20231 min read
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1867: Accused denies desertion of his wife
Sussex Advertiser - Saturday 21 December 1867 CUCKFIELD. PETTY SESSIONS, Monday. Present—J. M. Norman, Esq. (in the chair), and J....
May 13, 20232 min read
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1871: Murder suspects remanded in Custody
Chichester Express and West Sussex Journal - Tuesday 29 August 1871 THE CUCKFIELD MURDER OF 1869 It will be in the recollection of our...
May 9, 20233 min read
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1881: Cuckfield Police pass rigorous inspection
Mid Sussex Times - Wednesday 28 September 1881 CUCKFIELD Inspection of the Constabulary. —On Friday last the annual Government inspection...
May 7, 20231 min read
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1861: Determined suicide at Cuckfield
Warning: Please note the newspaper article reveals some distressing details of this tragic event Brighton Herald Saturday 14 December...
Apr 30, 20236 min read
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1913: Disturbance at the Green Cross Ansty
West Sussex Gazette - Thursday 30 October 1913 CUCKFIELD A disturbance at the Green Cross inn, during which Mr. John King the landlord,...
Apr 28, 20231 min read
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1859: Deluded farmer becomes violent and 'owed a fortune'
Sussex Advertiser - Tuesday 12 July 1859 CUCKFIELD. Magistrates' Clerk’s Office, Tuesday. William Cook, farmer, of Cuckfield, in custody,...
Apr 26, 20232 min read
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1913: An old soldier dismissed as an 'incorrigible rogue'
A list of previous convictions was urged against Arthur Page, a native of Lewes, and an old soldier at Haywards Heath Petty Sessions on...
Apr 24, 20231 min read
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1874: Boy threatened with violence at The Kings Head
Chichester Express and West Sussex Journal - Tuesday 03 March 1874 FRIVOLOUS ASSAULT CASE. George Martin and Charles Gander were summoned...
Mar 27, 20231 min read
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1927: Dough weigh me
A fine of £1 and 1s. costs was inflicted on Cuckfield baker named Charles Cain, at named at the Haywards Heath Petty Sessions on Monday,...
Mar 24, 20231 min read
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1848: Attempted swindle foiled at Haywards Heath Station
Sussex Advertiser - Tuesday 15 August 1848 Attempt at Swindling We wish to draw the attention of the public to the following facts which...
Mar 21, 20232 min read
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