Cuckfield Connections

A scene outside the Kings Head, South Street c1908. Created with AI by LiveMemory™ In 1908 Alfred Vanderbilt, an American millionaire,...

From the book 'Excursions in the County of Sussex' by Thomas Kitson Cromwell 1822. Cuckfield stands very central, both in the rape of...

Tunbridge Wells Journal - Thursday 06 May 1869 CUCKFIELD. THE COACHES On Saturday afternoon the stage coach passed through the town on...

Quite a new feature has sprung up on this road, at least to those who are not old enough to remember the times before the railways...

Southern Weekly News - Saturday 12 May 1888 THE CUCKFIELD ROADS. The Cuckfield Local Board in settling their road making estimates for...

In a recent article we discussed how the imposing lime tree avenue from Cuckfield Park at one time extended on the other side of the...

Not many people know that the lime tree avenue at Cuckfield Park once extended over the Cuckfield village / Ansty road and across the...

Accident to the Brighton coach John Thorogood, driver of the Brighton and London coach, and Edward Spencer, the guard, have been...

On tramp in 1840, from London to the south coast I had a half sister living, as I thought, at Balcombe, 20 miles from Brighton. I...

A Brighton Road Incident A mysterious highway outrage occurred in the early hours of this morning near Cuckfield, Sussex. The mail...

Since the advent of the motor the subject of road-making has received more attention than usual, and a variety of substances has been...

CUCKFIELD. Serious Accident,—A rather serious accident happened on Saturday afternoon to a man named Henry Falconer. It appears that he...

Star (London) - Thursday 06 November 1828 Sunday, the Blue Van, in its progress to London, was overturned in its descent down Ansty-hill,...

Brighton Gazette - Thursday 11 June 1835 TO BRICKLAYERS, ROAD MAKERS, EXCAVATORS AND OTHERS. THE TRUSTEES of the Brighton and Cuckfield...

Yesterday a steam-carriage, which had started from Deptford on the previous day, returned from Brighton to the Elephant and Castle, with...

Sussex Agricultural Express - Saturday 23 June 1906 TARRING THE ROADS In consequence of road watering being stopped, the Urban Council...

Sussex advertiser-Saturday 10 November 1866 Abolition of Turnpike gates The gates on the Cuckfield and Hodges Rd, leading through Newick,...

Writing in in the mid 1850s, Samuel Shergold, observed that coach travellers were more likely to find love on a stage coach rather than...

This charming story about an old couple celebrating their diamond wedding in Burgess Hill is wide ranging in its subject matter and...

Sussex & Surrey Chronicle - Wednesday 03 September 1823 THE Nobility, Gentry, Visitors, and Inhabitants of Brighton, are very...