1822: What you will see in Cuckfield
From the book 'Excursions in the County of Sussex' by Thomas Kitson Cromwell 1822. Cuckfield stands very central, both in the rape of...
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Cuckfield Connections
A personal journey of discovery
Apr 221 min read
1940: Dog 'transgresses' in Brigg's Lane
Mid Sussex Times - Tuesday 16 April 1940 DALMATIAN TRANSGRESSES CUCKFIELD. Herbert Seymour Hotblack, Deakes, Cuckfield, pleaded guilty to...
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Feb 151 min read
1840s: The demise of the Canal
The Mid Sussex Times on 27 February 1912 summarised Canon Cooper’s researched published by his son Wilbrahim V Cooper in 'A history of...
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Feb 31 min read
1938: Ansty dalmations guilty of killing chickens
Mid Sussex Times - Tuesday 26 July 1938 DALMATIANS AND CHICKEN CUCKFIELD. Herbert Seymour Hotblack, Deakes, Wyllies Lane, Cuckfield, was...
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Jan 201 min read
1837: 'Furious' Cuckfield weather conditions may have destroyed smallpox scourge
Brighton Gazette - Thursday 05 January 1837 CUCKFIELD. The late snow storm exceeded fury any previous one within the memory of the oldest...
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Jan 192 min read
1900: Tragedy at Bedlam Pond
Mid Sussex Times - Tuesday 12 June 1900 Inquest.—At the Wheatsheaf Inn yesterday (Monday) afternoon Mr. G. Vere Benson, Coroner for East...
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Jan 161 min read
1852: Planetary attraction lacking at the Talbot
The Victorians were fascinated by science, and the new knowledge and ideas were often shared at public lectures. Cuckfield occasionally...
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Jan 142 min read
1836: Huge snow drifts bring country to standstill
The depth of snow in drifts in the hollows of most of the roads is reported to be from twelve to twenty feet. In the high open roads...
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Jan 102 min read
1915: Admiral Jellicoe replies to Balcombe boy's good wishes
Sussex Agricultural Express - Friday 03 September 1915 APPRECIATED LETTERS. —A little Balcombe boy, whose father left England for the...
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Jan 81 min read
1941: Getting the Clock in 'going order'
Mid Sussex Times - Tuesday 08 July 1941 CUCKFIELD CLOCK. To the Editor of The Mid-Sussex Times. Dear Sir, lt was reported recently in...
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Jan 71 min read
1884: Making two carts from a waggon
St. Agnes folks are not alone in being chaffed about a cherry beam, a bear-hunt, hedging the cuckoo, etc. In Sussex they tease Balcombe...
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Dec 30, 20231 min read
1872: Keeping up with the fashions
West Sussex Journal, 19 November 1872
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Dec 26, 20231 min read
1910: Workhouse cake, cards and carols
The workhouse is very full just now, and officials have little time for work outside the heavy daily duties. The house, however, it is...
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Dec 25, 20232 min read
1881: Over 200 guests celebrate Christmas
The theatricals at Cuckfield Park were continued on Tuesday evening, when upwards of 200 guests assembled in the drawing room, by the...
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Dec 21, 20231 min read
1850s: Population growth in Cuckfield area
The 1855 populaion growth figures In our last paper we directed attention to the fact that a decrease in population was evident in the...
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Dec 17, 20232 min read
1949: 1000 employees say ‘Don’t close our airport’
It seems strange today that just after the Second World War, Gatwick Airport might have been closed down - as this article in the Crawley...
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Dec 11, 20231 min read
1842: Charitable Christmas fare
We are much pleased at having to record the kind actions of Captain Preston, RN, of Borde Hill, towards his poorer neighbours. With his...
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Dec 3, 20231 min read
1938: As long as it's green
We all know how untangling departmental red tape can be and we all know that scarlet is the time-honoured colour for the Post Office....
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Nov 29, 20232 min read
1953: Queen's Hall costly plans attacked
'If I were the Minister and that plan came before me I should send you a rocket,' declared Major OB Haines, at last night's meeting of...
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Nov 23, 20232 min read
1889: Little Ease - Tower of London link?
In a letter to the Mid Sussex Times about 19 March 1889 Cuckfield barrister Twynihoe William Erle recalled case law that referred to...
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