1921: War Memorial unveiled
Sussex Agricultural Express - Friday 28 January 1921 WAR MEMORIAL DEDICATED. — Churchmen and Free Churchmen flocked to the Parish Church...
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Jan 8, 20217 min read
1938: Memorials and two Lychgates in Historic Cuckfield Church
From Southern Weekly News August 27th 1938 By "Wayfarer, Sen." Before sauntering away from Cuckfield church and taking the high road...
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Dec 8, 20204 min read
1840: Lavish praise and grateful thanks in recognition of generous Cuckfield Church gift
Sussex Advertiser - Monday 19 October 1840 CUCKFIELD. Dinner to T. G. Waller, Esq.— On Monday last the inhabitants of this place and...
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Dec 5, 20202 min read
1864: Cuckfield High Street celebrations as Reverend Maberly returns home after 15 month absence
Sussex Advertiser - Saturday 13 August 1864 CUCKFIELD. Return of the vicar After an absence of 15 months on the continent, for the...
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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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Nov 3, 20202 min read
1923: Ancient windows revealed in Holy Trinity Church during roof repairs
Mid Sussex Times - Tuesday 11 September 1923 CUCKFIELD PARISH CHURCH: TWO ANCIENT WINDOWS In the September issue of the Cuckfield Parish...
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Oct 29, 20204 min read
Cuckfield ghost tale for Halloween: 17th century villain recalled in verse
HALLOWEEN: “WHERE THERE IS NO IMAGINATION, THERE IS NO HORROR” – ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE The following verse, published during Christmas 1916,...
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Oct 21, 20202 min read
1917: Hero verger saves Cuckfield Church from destruction
A verger who helped prevent a church from being destroyed by fire was remembered in 2017 for his heroics 100 years on. Alfred Browne was...
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Oct 14, 20205 min read
Did Sir Christopher Wren design Cuckfield Church's spire?
It might, on the face of it, seem unlikely that such a busy man as Sir Christopher Wren - with no apparent connections with the...
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Oct 9, 20204 min read
1937: Winston Churchill visits Cuckfield
Almost three years before the start of World War II Winston Churchill attended a funeral at the Holy Trinity Church, Cuckfield on 4...
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Oct 2, 20202 min read
1807: Bitter condemnation of disastrous battle plan recorded in Cuckfield Church
Captain Percy Burrell's death in futile British action recalled on monument A striking white and grey relief on the south wall of Holy...
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Jul 13, 20206 min read
1891: Celebration of the life of Haywards Heath's first vicar
Mid Sussex Times - Tuesday 03 March 1891 DEATH OF THE REV. R.E. WYATT Scarcely had daybreak dawned at Haywards Heath on Friday when the...
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Jul 12, 20209 min read
1939: The Passing of Reverend T.G. Wyatt - "A lovable old gentleman, and one who loved us."
Mid Sussex Times - Tuesday 23 May 1939 PASSING OF T.G.WYATT THE SECOND VICAR OF HAYWARDS HEATH The Man who nobly served the Church and...
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Jun 30, 202013 min read
1912 and 1914: The story of the Congregational Church in South Road
Mid Sussex Times - Tuesday 17 December 1912 GRAND CHRISTMAS BAZAAR AT HAYWARDS HEATH. CONGREGATIONALISTS’ SUCCESSFUL EFFORT. We doubt if...
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1863: The ceremony of laying the St Wilfrid Church foundation stone
Brighton Gazette - Thursday 15 October 1863 COUNTY INTELLIGENCE. THE CHURCH OF S. WILFRID, HAYWARD’S HEATH. The want of Church...
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Jun 15, 20205 min read
1903: Some remarkable features of Cuckfield Holy Trinity Church and their origin...
Brighton Gazette - Thursday 31 December 1903 CUCKFIELD CHURCH. Cuckfield Church is especially interesting, as being in all probability a...
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Jun 9, 202011 min read
1891 - The Bishop of Southwark opens the new Roman Catholic Chapel at Haywards Heath
The Priory of Our Lady of Good Counsel, located on Franklynn Road, was built in 1886. The building is Grade II listed and was originally...
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Jun 2, 20203 min read
A Legend of Cuckfield Church
Mid Sussex Times - Tuesday 19 November 1929 A LEGEND OF CUCKFIELD CHURCH. To the Editor of The Mid-Sussex Times. Dear Sir, —There is an...
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May 2, 20208 min read
The History of Cuckfield: 1895 - A lecture given by Canon Cooper (part one)
Mid Sussex Times - Tuesday 29 January 1895 CUCKFIELD AND ITS HISTORY. Canon Cooper (Vicar of Cuckfield) gave a deeply interesting lecture...
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Aug 13, 20188 min read
Reflections in Holy Trinity Churchyard: 1888
Mid Sussex Times - Tuesday 22 May 1888 SAUNTERING BY SAUNTERER. No XIII. I have heard of a man who tried to please everybody, but failing...
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