Cuckfield Connections

John Bull - Saturday 23 May 1874 The Sussex Express gives a touching account of the funeral of the Misses Sergison, the daughters of...

West Sussex County Times - Wednesday 20 May 1874 THE MELANCHOLY DEATHS OF MISSES SERGISON The following details of this sad occurrence...

Among his cabinet of ministers, Mr Russell* includes a brief notice of Henry Kingsley, who is one of the noteworthy trio brothers, and...

At the corner of London Lane by The Rose and Crown stands Thorne Cottage. The building displays a plaque with the letters F.W. 1882; but...

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...

The following is from Rowlandson's 'Sketches on the Road' 1789 In 1789 Brighton was still known as Brighthelmstone, nearly as it had been...

The assumption has been made that the John Porter who sat as MP for Bramber in 1586 was one of the five younger brothers of Richard...

In 1573 the 4th Earl of Derby sold his quarter of the Manor of Cuckfield to Henry Bowyer a local ironmaster. Iron was a major industry...

Cuckfield-born Thomas Owden, in his office as Lord Mayor of London managed to bring together the country’s two leading politicians after...

Cuckfield vicar Canon Cooper was a highly respected local historian and both an active member and knowledgable Chairman of the Sussex...

Mid Sussex Times - Tuesday 14 December 1909 MAJOR MABERLY DEAD. PASSED AWAY LAST NIGHT AT CUCKFIELD. Not only in Cuckfield, but...

How the Talbot suddenly took off to become a serious rival to the King's Head in Cuckfield has long been a mystery. But now some records...

In this second part of the Sir Thomas Owden story we will learn about the Owden family and discover why Thomas moved to London and we...

We have just discovered that Cuckfield was the birthplace of a Lord Mayor of London who became a highly influential and respected...

Nurse Stoner for many years was Cuckfield's District Nurse, and lived in Cuckfield for her whole life. Her father was employed on the...

Mid Sussex Times September 6th 1984 CHARLIE PEDALS ON REGARDLESS The oldest paper ‘boy’ in Mid Sussex, Charlie Hawks, 78 has had his...

This delightful book on Amazon (also available on Kindle) by Sam Bourne called 'The best poacher in Sussex' gives a fascinating insight...

A senior non-commissioned officer, Frank Lloyd, was one of 53 men left behind to man the Fort 'Abraham Lincoln' at the time of the Battle...

John Leigh Douglas (1741-1810) Cuckfield in the late 18th and early 19th centuries attracted several senior navy personnel to live here....

An indenture is a legal contract between two parties, particularly for indentured labour or a term of apprenticeship but also (as in the...