1901: Sussex firebacks thanks to the vicar
There has just been opened at Lewes Castle a very interesting exhibition of ancient Sussex iron work, which is exhibited by reason of a...
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Cuckfield Connections
A personal journey of discovery
May 1, 20232 min read
1830: Cuckfield Canal discussed
The next General Assembly, or meeting of the Company or Proprietors of the River Ouse navigation, will be holden by the adjournment at...
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Apr 29, 20222 min read
1724: A year to move a single tree 20 miles
The state of all the Wealden roads, until the macadamising process arrived later in the 19th century, was a constant source of adverse...
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May 23, 20212 min read
1415: Was Sergison Arms a gun depot?
Sussex author Thurston Hopkins in his book 'The Lure of Sussex', makes some observations about the Sergison Arms and Muster Green which...
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Mar 18, 20219 min read
The Cuckfield ironworks 3/3
Here are the locations of all the known furnaces and forges around Cuckfield village dating back to the sixteenth century . Not all the...
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Mar 17, 20214 min read
Cuckfield Furnace and Forge 2/3
Cuckfield Furnace This is the best known of Cuckfield’s ironwork sites and, because of its remote location, it still exists - although...
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Mar 16, 20215 min read
Village impact of iron 1/3
Cannon balls sent to the Tower from Cuckfield From Elizabethan times to the turbulent years of the English Civil Wars Cuckfield was a...
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Feb 15, 20216 min read
1674: How we make iron in Cuckfield
It seems extraordinary that a seventeenth century account of what was involved in making iron in Cuckfield should still exist in the 21st...
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Feb 7, 20214 min read
A Bowyer's widow abducted in ironmasters' feud
This is taken from an article by Margaret Holt, taken from the Spring 1993, Bulletin of the Wealden Iron Research Group Newsletter, ...
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Jan 20, 20213 min read
1575: Cuckfield Park built by a wealthy ironmaster
In Margaret Holt's account. in the Spring 1993, Bulletin of the Wealden Iron Research Group Newsletter, we learn from former owner of...
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Jan 18, 20214 min read
1926: Miss Cooper's talk about Cuckfield
Cuckfield Women’s Institute There was an element of mystery About the November meeting of the Cuckfield Women’s Institute, held in the...
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Jun 5, 20208 min read
1928 - A guided tour of Cuckfield Place
HISTORIC HOUSES OF SUSSEX By VISCOUNT WOLSELEY No 13 - CUCKFIELD PLACE (from:- The Sussex County Magazine November 1928) In driving from...
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May 3, 202014 min read
History of Cuckfield: 1895 - A second lecture given by Canon Cooper
Mid Sussex Times - Tuesday 12 February 1895 THE PAST HISTORY OF CUCKFIELD. SECOND LECTURE BY CANON COOPER. On Wednesday evening Canon...
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May 2, 20208 min read
The History of Cuckfield: 1895 - A lecture given by Canon Cooper (part one)
Mid Sussex Times - Tuesday 29 January 1895 CUCKFIELD AND ITS HISTORY. Canon Cooper (Vicar of Cuckfield) gave a deeply interesting lecture...
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Aug 3, 20185 min read
Saunterer's observations on Deaks Lane
Mid Sussex Times - Tuesday 23 August 1887 SAUNTERINGS BY “SAUNTERER” No.II In reply to Mr. Brook's flattering compliment, and to allay...
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