1909: Tragic fatal accident at Brook Street
Mid Sussex Times - Tuesday 20 April 1909 FATAL CYCLING ACCIDENT AT CUCKFIELD TERRIBLE COLLISION The little hamlet of Brook Street, which...
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Jan 19, 20212 min read
Four more facts you may not know about Cuckfield
1. In 1992 Cuckfield boasted six public houses and most in their time have served as coaching inns. But only the Talbot, built in 1763...
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Jan 13, 20212 min read
1888: Record of 18th and early 19th Century Cuckfield life destroyed...
Mid Sussex Times - Tuesday 10 January 1888 Obituary.—We have to record the death, at the age of 82, of Mr. William ____, which occurred...
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Jan 10, 20212 min read
1893: The Relief of Cuckfield - from a terrible smell!
Mid Sussex Times - Tuesday 26 September 1893 THE RELIEF OF CUCKFIELD. History repeats itself, and the famous Relief of Lucknow has been...
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1837: Smallpox outbreak and two foot of snow
Cuckfield The late snow storm exceeded in fury any previous one within the memory of the oldest inhabitants of this place. Its effects...
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1864: Wonderful fare and 12th night cakes on offer
Christmas Fare Our tradesman's shops begin to put on the show for Christmas. Among the butchers, Mr Thomas Jenner has a splendid show of...
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Dec 29, 20201 min read
The tough Winter of 1874
The snowstorm Old people who chronicle the weather in their memory say they do not remember so heavy a fall of snow before Christmas for...
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Dec 27, 20201 min read
1836: Partridges saved by misfire
King's Head, Cuckfield 18 October 1836 Rather a curious incident occurred this morning. As James Lintott was standing at Thomas Jenner’s...
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Dec 22, 20203 min read
1881: Pioneering agriculture at Whiteman's Green
In 1881 an experimental farm was set up at Whiteman's Green on land lent for the purpose at Beech Farm by Major Warden Sergison...
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Dec 19, 20201 min read
Order early for Christmas
£1 in 1883 = £70 today I shilling = £3.30 today 1 penny = 28p today £1 was 3 days wages for skilled tradesman From Mid Sussex Times...
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Dec 17, 20202 min read
10 facts you may not know about Cuckfield
1. In 1294 William de Strones, Vicar of Cuckfield, was sentenced for poaching deer in Cuckfield Park, and Walter de la Mare was drowned...
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Dec 16, 20209 min read
Exclusive: Export of Cuckfield Models results in National Maritime Museum
Just after the First World War the Sergison heirs who owned the Cuckfield Park estate decided to part with some unique, valuable but...
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Dec 10, 20203 min read
1914: tough times for the Cuckfield laundry girls
The Twiner family, Frederick and Adelaide and their children Nellie, Adelaide (Addie) and James (Jim) moved from Molls Mill near Withyham...
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Dec 9, 20205 min read
1893: the cemetery refused to give up its dead
The average Briton had very little knowledge of Geology, and perhaps cares less. In his mind the subject is generally associated with...
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Dec 7, 20201 min read
1885: Balcombe villagers desperately try to grow their church spire as high as that of Cuckfield!
According to the 1885 ‘Sussex Place Rhymes and Local Proverbs’, by Frederick Ernest Sawyer, there was an old Sussex proverb: The people...
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Nov 26, 20201 min read
1866: Tour of newly built Horsgate House leads to dangerous fall
Brighton Gazette - Thursday 20 December 1866 Accident – a serious accident happened to the Reverend J. O. Haweis of Warninglid on Tuesday...
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Nov 25, 20201 min read
1897: Bolting horse causes alarm and damage
On Sunday February 21st there was much excitement outside the parish church just as the congregation was leaving the evening service. A...
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Nov 19, 20204 min read
1905: Multiple tragic deaths by drowning in Cuckfield lakes
THE MID-SUSSEX TIMES—TUESDAY, JULY 25, 1905. “IT IS MORE THAN I CAN BEAR.” A Lady’s Maid Drowns Herself in Cuckfield Park Cuckfield was...
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Nov 18, 20201 min read
1858: 22 bridesmaids, two brides
In 1858 Cuckfield Vicar Rev Henry Fearon performed a wedding ceremony for two nieces with a reception in the grounds of Ockenden house...
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1849: Animal mayhem in Cuckfield street
As Mr and Mrs Borrer, jun., were driving through Cuckfield on Thursday; Mr Borrer’s pointer was attacked by a large dog, and a fight took...
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