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    Nine brickmaking sites in Cuckfield
    • May 27
    • 6 min

    Nine brickmaking sites in Cuckfield

    If you asked a local resident 'what industrial production would you associate with Cuckfield' the most likely products that would be...
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    Is there is a tunnel across Cuckfield Park? (3)
    • Mar 30
    • 8 min

    Is there is a tunnel across Cuckfield Park? (3)

    In the final part we look at some recent evidence that might give support to the legend of a tunnel under Cuckfield Park. In article one...
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    Is there a tunnel across Cuckfield Park? (2)
    • Mar 28
    • 9 min

    Is there a tunnel across Cuckfield Park? (2)

    The need for a tunnel and refuge So why might there be a tunnel across Cuckfield Park? Cuckfield Place, which was the mansion's original...
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    Is there a tunnel across Cuckfield Park? (1)
    • Mar 26
    • 7 min

    Is there a tunnel across Cuckfield Park? (1)

    Is there a secret secret tunnel between Cuckfield Park and the Holy Trinity Church that was built in the sixteenth century? Evidence...
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    1919: Country Life and Cuckfield Park
    • Mar 24
    • 9 min

    1919: Country Life and Cuckfield Park

    This comprehensive account of Cuckfield Park (previously Place) was featured in Country Life on 15 March 1919. The late Canon Cooper -...
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    1943: Baby delivery diverted to Chownes Mead
    • Mar 20
    • 2 min

    1943: Baby delivery diverted to Chownes Mead

    I was browsing through the web pages of Barry Ray’s excellent Slaugham Archive website and I came across the page on Chownes Mead which...
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    The man who named 'The Lord Woolton Pie'
    • Mar 18
    • 3 min

    The man who named 'The Lord Woolton Pie'

    Chownes Mead, Cuckfield, for a time, was the home of Lord Woolton, the man credited with ‘keeping the nation fed’ throughout World War...
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    2001: A brief history of Ockenden Cottage
    • Mar 13
    • 3 min

    2001: A brief history of Ockenden Cottage

    Ockenden Cottage - 21 South Street (article from Cuckfield Society Newsletter 2001/2002) Ockenden Cottage is one of the oldest inhabited...
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    Chain Walk, Place Walk and Spinney Field
    • Mar 11
    • 4 min

    Chain Walk, Place Walk and Spinney Field

    The southern part of the village adds a lot of charm and character as the road winds its way through to the High Street. This area,...
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    Chain Walk House
    • Mar 9
    • 1 min

    Chain Walk House

    The first house that greets you, when arriving in Cuckfield from Ansty, is called today Chainwalk House. In the early 1900s it housed...
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    1876: Fireside Studies - reflections on the special beauty of Cuckfield
    • Nov 11, 2021
    • 1 min

    1876: Fireside Studies - reflections on the special beauty of Cuckfield

    SOUTH WALES DAILY NEWS, TUESDAY, JUNE 27, 1876. BITS FROM BOOKS. CUCKFIELD PLACE. "Coming to the summit of the steep little street on the...
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    1650?: Cuckfield Market Hall revelation
    • Oct 21, 2021
    • 5 min

    1650?: Cuckfield Market Hall revelation

    As Cuckfield Connections coeditor Andy Revell recently trawled through local newspapers he made an extraordinary discovery. In a Mid...
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    1927: Clock House landmark
    • Oct 7, 2021
    • 1 min

    1927: Clock House landmark

    Contributed by Malcolm Davison.
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    1923: Cuckfield Park Models lent by Colonel HH Rogers
    • Aug 1, 2021
    • 7 min

    1923: Cuckfield Park Models lent by Colonel HH Rogers

    This article appeared in Museum of Art Bulletin published by The Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1923. It features an exhibition of the...
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    1923: The Cuckfield 'Pepys' ship model cases
    • Jun 29, 2021
    • 4 min

    1923: The Cuckfield 'Pepys' ship model cases

    In an earlier article we looked at the collection of ship models at Cuckfield Park now located in the United States Naval Academy...
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    1806: Court hears a strange case of false arrest at Cuckfield Place
    • Jun 12, 2021
    • 6 min

    1806: Court hears a strange case of false arrest at Cuckfield Place

    Star (London) - Thursday 07 August 1806 Lewes August 5th MORGAN V SERGEANTSON AND WIFE Mr Garrow told the jury, that this was a case...
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    Henry Kingsley's last words on Cuckfield
    • Jun 11, 2021
    • 6 min

    Henry Kingsley's last words on Cuckfield

    Peeps Into The Past The Mid Sussex Times, 2 June 1931 No lover of Cuckfield can pass down the Church Street without giving a grateful...
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    1929: Sussex Archaeologists explore Tudor manors and Cuckfield Church
    • Jun 6, 2021
    • 5 min

    1929: Sussex Archaeologists explore Tudor manors and Cuckfield Church

    Mid Sussex Times - Tuesday 18 June 1929 SUSSEX ARCHAEOLOGISTS AT CUCKFIELD Visits to the Park, Legh Manor and the Parish Church A party...
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    1848 - A detailed account of 'wicked' Dame Sergison- the Cuckfield Park ghost
    • May 26, 2021
    • 10 min

    1848 - A detailed account of 'wicked' Dame Sergison- the Cuckfield Park ghost

    Cuckfield Park MYSTERIOUS BRITAIN AND IRELAND BY IAN · PUBLISHED MAY 14, 2010 · UPDATED DECEMBER 21, 2018 Cuckfield Park is a private...
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    1906: A former court beauty dies
    • May 25, 2021
    • 2 min

    1906: A former court beauty dies

    Aberdeen Press and Journal, 15 December 1906 The death is announced of Mrs [Catherine] Sergison, in her ninetieth year. She was the...
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