1892: Street watering request
To be prepared for the coming dry season, tenders are being invited by the Local Board for the hire of a horse and man for street...
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Cuckfield Connections
A personal journey of discovery
Jun 10, 20222 min read
1948: Can we have some lighting please?
At a meeting of the Cuckfield Rural Parish Council in the Queen's Hall on August 28 [1948] it was decided to ask for a precept of £100 on...
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Jun 9, 20221 min read
2022: Part 3 then and now in Cuckfield
More then and now pictures soon....
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Jun 7, 20221 min read
2022: Part 2 then and now in Cuckfield
More 'then and now' photographs soon!
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Jun 4, 20221 min read
June 3 2022: Then and now in Cuckfield ...
https://www.cuckfieldconnections.org.uk/post/1902-cuckfield-baker-samuel-willett-music-smugglers-and-dishonest-nightwatchmen...
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Jun 3, 20226 min read
1976: Maisie Wright turns the pages of Cuckfield's Victorian parish magazine ...
December 1976 Sussex Life 'Our little periodical' Maisie Wright turns the pages of a Victorian parish magazine to reveal fascinating...
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1905: Smart new bus - pioneering rural travel
With the decline in (horse and) coach travel it was inevitable that with the innovation of petrol driven motor buses that these would...
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2013: Mystery of the 'Anstye Cross' is partially solved
Sussex Living May 2013 Intrigued about the origin of the Ansty Cross, Phil Pavey went off to do some research and found more than he...
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May 28, 20221 min read
1989: A sample of the delights of historic Cuckfield
Cuckfield lies almost northwards as the crow flies from Brighton and is the centre of an administrative area which embraces its...
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May 16, 20222 min read
1974: Tower House - built for the Stars
Evening Argus December 13 1974 Man who built for the stars… There was no doubt in the eyes of Mr George Knott. They were definitely...
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May 11, 20222 min read
The 'lady in grey' of Butler's Green
I have been trying to find more about the myth of the Lady in Grey at Butlers Green, after having come across an item in Colin Manton's...
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May 6, 20221 min read
1848: Sad case of drowning at Newbury Pond
Brighton Gazette - Thursday 07 September 1848. On Monday, an inquest was held before Inigo Gell, Esq., Deputy-Coroner, at the Talbot Inn,...
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May 3, 20221 min read
1830: Oak grows finer than in any part of England
In 1724 Daniel Defoe on a journey to Lewes, commented. 'I came there through the deepest, dirtiest, but in many ways the richest and most...
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Apr 26, 20221 min read
1904: Rural ramblers will benefit from a new path through Blunt's Wood
Mid Sussex Times - Tuesday 05 April 1904 'Welcome News.’— We have pleasure in notifying our readers that that excellent organisation, the...
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Apr 23, 20223 min read
1805: Spectacular meteor passes over Cuckfield
Here is an account of a meteor shower that crossed England and over Cuckfield over 200 years ago on 17 July 1805 at 5.05pm, while it was...
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Apr 16, 20224 min read
1927: RSPCA recognises Cuckfield woman's bravery in rescuing a puppy
West Sussex Gazette - Thursday 26 May 1927 RISKY RESCUE OF PUPPY. CUCKFIELD WOMAN GOES DOWN A WELL Pluck shown by a Cuckfield resident in...
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Apr 12, 20221 min read
1883: Four young women thrown from Carriage in Pilstye accident
Mid Sussex Times - Tuesday 06 November 1883 Carriage Accident.- On Friday, four young ladies, two of them daughters of Mr. E. Waugh, had...
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Apr 10, 20222 min read
1864: Total destruction by fire
Brighton Gazette - Thursday 08 September 1864 CUCKFIELD. Total Destruction of Park Barn by Fire. A very destructive fire took place on...
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1992: The clearing where the cuckoo came
We are 30 years on from the Cuckfield 900 celebrations in 1992. To mark the centennial occasion this story in verse of the village...
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Apr 1, 20222 min read
1967: Further recollections of Edwardian Cuckfield by a local ...
My earliest recollections...continued Introduction. Anyone interested in the history of Cuckfield will appreciate the fine contribution...
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