Cuckfield Connections

It might, on the face of it, seem unlikely that such a busy man as Sir Christopher Wren - with no apparent connections with the...

Edward Bates (1767–1845) the local clockmaker, whose shop was close by the King’s Head, recorded in his diary in 1819 that the...

The Lady's Magazine relates in its 8 June 1804 edition a tragic story that occurred in Cuckfield to a member of the well known High...

The following was found in ‘The Penguin Book of Ghosts: Haunted England’ by Jennifer Westwood, Jacqueline Simpson, 2008 detailing the...

There are some delightful reminiscences from' West Sussex within living memory, West Sussex Federation of Women’s Institutes', these two...

Almost three years before the start of World War II Winston Churchill attended a funeral at the Holy Trinity Church, Cuckfield on 4...

David Scanlon in his book ‘Paranormal Sussex’ relates the well known and oft-repeated story of Cuckfield’s unfortunate Geranium Jane....

James Selby was the most popular and highly respected coachman of his time. Towards the end of his life he regularly drove his own coach...

The Battle of Muster Green (also known as the Battle of Haywards Heath) was a minor battle at the start of the English Civil Wars that...

I hope you enjoy Cuckfield Connections - it’s been a labour of love for me. My family’s links with Cuckfield stretch back over several...

Sheffield Daily Telegraph - Wednesday 05 September 1928 CROWDS SEE THRILLS OF NIGHT BATTLE. Thirty Hours’ Fighting. VALUABLE LESSONS FROM...

Mid Sussex Times - Tuesday 29 March 1938 UP AND DOWN THE COUNTY By ‘The Roamer’ Mr. Hubert Bates, of Cuckfield, looked me up few days ago...

WOMEN AND THE VOTE. PILGRIMAGE MARCH TO LONDON. THE JOURNEY THROUGH MID-SUSSEX Where is the man who has the power or skill To stem the...

Mid Sussex Times - Tuesday 19 February 1918 DEATH AT CUCKFIELD OF MR. R. A. BEVAN, J.P. A LONG' AND WELL-SPENT LIFE. At the advanced age...

HENRY KINGSLEY AT CUCKFIELD By Mary Mc Leod (Sussex County Magazine March 1930) The literary supplement of the Times tells us that in...