1218: Named 'Cuckfield' for 800+ years
Over the years there has been much discussion about the pronunciation and spelling of what we now call Cuckfield . But in fact Cuckfield...
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Cuckfield Connections
A personal journey of discovery
Nov 19, 20232 min read
1889: Hoppe-o'-my-thumb, the fairy tale
An interesting aside from a letter in the Mid Sussex Times, 19 March 1889 written by well known local barrister Twynihoe William Erle...
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Nov 18, 20232 min read
1930: Tragic act at Ashenground Pit
Mid Sussex Times - Tuesday 04 February 1930 HAYWARDS HEATH MYSTERY SOLVED. MR. ARTHUR BOTTING FOUND The mystery surrounding the...
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Nov 10, 20232 min read
1898: Most remarkable coin find
Sussex Agricultural Express - Friday 25 March 1898 The treasure trove at Balcombe. The Reverend Cannon Cooper then read an interesting...
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Nov 9, 20232 min read
1948: Adrian Hill's Cuckfield inspiration
When I was growing up I used to enjoy the BBC children's TV programme about art presented by Adrian Hill in from 1955-1963 called...
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Nov 4, 20231 min read
1856: Ratcatcher charged with trespassing
Sussex Advertiser - Tuesday 02 December 1856 CUCKFIELD. Petty Sessions, Monday, (yesterday).—Present: J. M. Norman, Esq., in the chair,...
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Nov 3, 20231 min read
1938: Not another tunnel!
In an article ’Routes for the rambler - Cuckfield’ in the West Sussex County Times and Standard of 22 July 1938, by AR Hodges we read...
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Nov 2, 20231 min read
1908: Time to call in Hubert Bates
Sussex Agricultural Express - Saturday 15 August 1908 CUCKFIELD. The town clock has not been cleaned or repaired for eight years, and it...
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Oct 28, 20231 min read
1917: Did villagers read burial service backwards at midnight?
Dear Sir, I was very interested in reading your account of Mrs. Sergison. I should like to know if there is any truth in the legend that...
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Oct 20, 20231 min read
1877: Trees laid flat by gale
Southern Weekly News - Saturday 03 February 1877 Cuckfield, The Gale The wind blew very strongly here during Monday night, and several...
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Oct 18, 20231 min read
1851: Post Office Directory of Cuckfield
What is a trade directory? Trade directories are the equivalent of the telephone directory and the Yellow Pages. They were published on a...
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Oct 17, 20231 min read
1931: Tragedy on the roads at night
On Sunday Mr Frederick Goacher brackets (69), of 1 Diamond Cottages, was killed, and Mrs Jemima Ayling, of Kentish Town, London,...
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Oct 14, 20231 min read
1889: Distressing fatality on the Ansty Road
Epsom Journal - Tuesday 10 December 1889 CUCKFIELD. A CHILD CRUSHED TO DEATH. On Saturday afternoon a most distressing fatality happened...
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Oct 13, 20231 min read
1918 Beeny's corner will not be lit
After consideration, the local Governing Authority has declined to entertain a proposition that the public lamps and London Lane, Broad...
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Oct 5, 20234 min read
1991: Jane - locked in a 'greenhouse' for two years
You may have been watching the spectacular short TV series on Channel 5 presented by Tim Peake entitled ‘Secrets of our Universe’ ...
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Oct 4, 20232 min read
1917: Comforting candle kills
At the Cuckfield Infirmary on Friday night the Coroner for East Sussex (Mr G Vere Benson) held an inquiry touching the death of Benjamin...
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Oct 3, 20231 min read
1933: Issues with Blunts Wood Path
Mid Sussex Times - Tuesday 11 April 1933 Footpath in ill repair To the Editor of The Mid-Sussex Times. Dear Sir, Taking a walk through...
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Sep 30, 20231 min read
1945: Happy memories of Cuckfield
Cuckfield An American from the small US town of Cuckfield landed in Britain not long ago and found himself stationed in this, our Sussex...
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Sep 26, 20231 min read
1865: Remedy for the cattle plague
We are glad to be able, on the authority of Mr. Inspector Vine, to again state that the Lewes Division, at present enjoys perfect freedom...
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1853: Adder infested wood near Cuckfield
Worcestershire Chronicle - Wednesday 28 September 1853 A covey of adders, fifty in number, were found last week in Pickwell wood, near...
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