1902: Well, well, no water, no pay.
A remarkable success In water finding has just taken place at Cuckfield by Mr H Chesterman, expert water finder, engineer, and surveyor,...
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Cuckfield Connections
A personal journey of discovery
Jan 11, 20221 min read
1914: A bullock in the office
A runaway bullock, which had bolted from Cuckfield, two miles away, entered an auctioneer’s office at Haywards Heath. The office boy...
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Jan 10, 20223 min read
1897: Historic find dug up in Balcombe- a medieval hoard!
Mid Sussex Times - Tuesday 25 May 1897 ANTIQUARIAN DISCOVERY AT BALCOMBE FIND OF OLD ENGLISH COINS. And extremely interesting, and what...
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Jan 8, 20221 min read
1932: ...so how should we deal with litter in Cuckfield?
Mid Sussex Times - Tuesday 15 March 1932 LITTER AT CUCKFIELD. To the Editor of The Mid-Sussex Times. Dear Sir,—l have been interested in...
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Jan 6, 20223 min read
1932: '... an infinitesimal heap of papers at the corner of Hatchgate Lane'
Mid Sussex Times - Tuesday 08 March 1932 A COMPLAINT: CUCKFIELD. To the Editor of The Mid Sussex Times- Dear Sir,—-Many thanks for...
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Jan 3, 20222 min read
Where was the Court of Buttinghill, and what was it?
Occasionally in historic texts you will come across the Cuckfield area as being in the ‘Hundred’ of Buttinghill. Hundred comes from the...
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Jan 2, 20224 min read
1904: A glance back at the writings of sixteenth, seventeenth and eighteenth century Cuckfieldians
Extract from Highways and Byways in Sussex by E.V. Lucas 1904 Hayward’s Heath would be our next centre where it's not so new and...
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Jan 1, 20222 min read
1892: Cuckfield a 'quiet backwater in a sordid and grasping age'
And so into Cuckfield, that pleasant old town, which, standing on no railway, having no manufactures, and being on the slightly hillier...
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Dec 31, 20211 min read
1837: Base Ingratitude as employee caught in a 'very questionable' situation with employer's wife...
Globe - Monday 18 September 1837 Base Ingratitude.—At the Lewes Adjourned Sessions, on Friday, Fitzwilliam Burt, aged 22, was ordered to...
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Dec 20, 20211 min read
1878: Carriage accident - horse careered two miles
A carriage drawn by a horse, and driven by Mr Warren’s coachman, was going towards the railway station [from Balcombe] on Thursday...
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Dec 17, 20212 min read
1975: Scent of Battle looms over a rubbish tip
The People - Sunday 26 January 1975 ‘COWITZER’ WAR Scent of Battle looms over a rubbish tip. Cor, what a shower! Invading bureaucrats are...
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Dec 13, 20215 min read
1911: Club with deadly mission celebrates success at The Kings Head
Mid Sussex Times - Tuesday 21 March 1911 CUCKFIELD AND DISTRICT SPARROW CLUB FIRST ANNUAL DINNER LARGE INCREASE IN THE DEATH RATE AMONG...
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Dec 12, 20212 min read
2014: Brook Street 'secret societies'
We are reminded by the Brook Street Design Statement of 2014 about a couple of rumoured secret societies in this northerly outpost of...
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Dec 11, 20211 min read
1936: What are Town Planners contemplating for our beautiful town?
Mid Sussex Times - Tuesday 21 July 1936 TOWN PLANNING: CUCKFIELD, To the Editor of The Mid-Sussex Times. Dear Sir, —Are the residents of...
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Dec 7, 20211 min read
1877: Local man narrowly escapes 'a watery death'
Hastings and St Leonards Observer - Saturday 23 June 1877 CUCKFIELD. Narrow Escape from Drowning.—Edward Mitchell, residing at Whiteman's...
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Dec 5, 20211 min read
1927: Cuckfield Gossip
Mid Sussex Times - Tuesday 10 May 1927 To the Editor of The Mid-Sussex Times - Dear Sir,- I live in Cuckfield, and there is as much idle...
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Dec 1, 202114 min read
High Street Timeline
This Timeline is the first known attempt to collate the key dates and events relating to the coaching period and development of Cuckfield...
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Nov 21, 20213 min read
1883: Prinny - a celebrated Cuckfield dog loved and loathed in equal measure....
Mid Sussex Times - Tuesday 10 July 1883 Dogs and cats are often a great nuisance where there are well-kept gardens, and, as a trespasser,...
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Nov 18, 20212 min read
1898: Huge farm fire near Cuckfield
The farmyard fire which broke out about 4:30 on Wednesday afternoon at Great Bentley farm, a well-known holding on the side of the state...
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Nov 16, 20211 min read
1895: Form an orderly queue
I think I would have suggested a rebranding, any suggestions? Mid Sussex Times 22 October 1895 Contributed by Malcolm Davison.
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