1824: Armed confrontation with hungry desperate labourers
Soon after the Board of Guardians had assembled at Cuckfield, a party of about 50 men, having the appearance of farm labourers, presented...
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Cuckfield Connections
A personal journey of discovery
Oct 26, 20221 min read
1797: Surprise granddaughter delivered
One day last week a girl, aged about 18 years, servant to a widow at Cuckfield, in Sussex, complained of indisposition, and went to bed;...
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Oct 24, 20221 min read
1795: Tempest and fire ball hits village
We learn about the havoc created by a severe storm in August 1795 from The Times: Last Thursday night we had here a very severe tempest;...
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Oct 22, 20222 min read
1836: Snow and two to a bed
... Our informant describes the road as being very bad indeed this side of Hicksted, and says that it can be passed only on foot or...
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Oct 21, 20221 min read
1886: Butlers Green and the beauty of Autumn
Mid Sussex Times - Tuesday 09 November 1886 We are passing through the season of the fall the leaf, and Nature is assuming sober tone of...
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Oct 20, 20222 min read
2022: The mural 'restored' - urgent help needed
Denise, former wife of Tim Haws, a talented local artist - who herself is also an artist - got in touch recently with Cuckfield...
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Oct 18, 20221 min read
1836: First allotments to the deserving
At a respectable meeting held at the King's Head Inn, at Cuckfield, on Wednesday evening last, an unanimous resolution was come to to...
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Oct 16, 20221 min read
1837: Sex, pistol threat and runaway wife
At the Lewes Adjourned Sessions, on Friday, Fitzwilliam Burt, aged 22, was ordered to find good bail, and give 48 hours’ notice thereof,...
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Oct 15, 20221 min read
1907: A miraculous escape near Bedlam Pond
Mid Sussex Times - Tuesday 02 April 1907 A MIRACULOUS ESCAPE —A peculiar accident happened near Bedlam Pond this (Tuesday) morning. A man...
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Oct 13, 20222 min read
1819: Notice: auction of Mid Sussex Turnpike Tolls
Sussex Advertiser - Monday 26 July 1819 Turnpike Tolls to be Lett. WHEREAS at a Meeting of the Trustees of the Turnpike Road leading from...
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Oct 12, 20221 min read
1876: Don't put the lights out!
The Cuckfield Gas Company turn out the public lamps at ten o'clock. Cuckfield itself does not appear to relish the arrangement, and...
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Oct 11, 20221 min read
1935: Proposals for new roads in Cuckfield
Mid Sussex Times - Tuesday 23 July 1935 PROPOSED NEW ROADS AT CUCKFIELD. REPORT SUBMITTED TO THE COUNTY COUNCIL In the report of the...
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Oct 9, 20222 min read
1881: Suggestions for travelling more safely through Cuckfield
Mid Sussex Times - Wednesday 27 April 1881 REFLECTIONS BY THE WAY. To the Editor of The Mid-Sussex Times. Sir, —Thanks for the space you...
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Oct 6, 20221 min read
1936: Cuckfield Road name objection
The Clerk reported that he had received notice of appeals to the Justices against the proposal to assign the name Cuckfield Road to the...
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Oct 2, 20221 min read
1862: End of the Cuckfield Savings' Bank
A meeting of the Trustees and Managers of the Cuckfield Savings' Bank, recently held, it was resolved, 'That the establishment of Post...
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Sep 28, 20221 min read
1927: Extra banking facilities
Lloyds Bank Limited announce that a Sub-Branch of the Bank will be opened at The Clock House, Cuckfield, on Monday, July 18, under the...
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Sep 20, 20221 min read
1934: Drivers of 'noisy' cars and motor cycles take warning!
The danger in the streets caused by the congestion of increased motor traffic and a complaint regarding the excessive noise made by some...
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Sep 18, 20221 min read
1881: An extraordinary attachment
Cuckfield A singular discovery has been made by a well-known gamekeeper at Penland. Whilst walking through a cornfield on the farm he...
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Sep 16, 20221 min read
1948: Savings recovered from Council tip
Cuckfield The Council dustmen have returned to a woman about £40 worth of savings certificates found among rubbish collected from her...
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Sep 14, 20222 min read
1845: Drought hits Cuckfield
Cuckfield The past year has been a trying one with the generality of farmers in this district, and the present aspect of affairs is by no...
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