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    1912: Local women hear of shocking White Slave trade
    • Apr 30
    • 4 min

    1912: Local women hear of shocking White Slave trade

    Mid Sussex Times - Tuesday 10 December 1912 WHITE SLAVE TRAFFIC. LADIES’ MEETING AT CUCKFIELD. A crowded meeting, for women only, to...
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    1907: Bicycle thief at The King's Head
    • Apr 14
    • 2 min

    1907: Bicycle thief at The King's Head

    Mid Sussex Times - Tuesday 20 August 1907 THEFT OF A BICYCLE TWO CASES FROM CUCKFIELD George Fudge, ostler, Cuckfield, came before Mr. H....
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    1920: The birch and close supervision for young thief
    • Apr 6
    • 2 min

    1920: The birch and close supervision for young thief

    Mid Sussex Times - Tuesday 07 September 1920 BOY AND CHOCOLATE—CUCKFiELD. Frank Towner, Cuckfield, was charged with stealing a packet of...
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    1869: First Report of the Cuckfield Murder mystery
    • Mar 27
    • 3 min

    1869: First Report of the Cuckfield Murder mystery

    Hastings and St Leonards Observer - Saturday 04 December 1869 MYSTERIOUS DEATH IN CUCKFIELD. On Monday morning the dead body of a man was...
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    1860-1911: Workhouse to Warrior (3 of 3)
    • Feb 26
    • 2 min

    1860-1911: Workhouse to Warrior (3 of 3)

    In the final part of three instalments we read about what Richard Chatfield did after he left the army and how how he retired to Ansty....
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    1935: All night search for two intruders
    • Feb 23
    • 2 min

    1935: All night search for two intruders

    Mid Sussex Times - Tuesday 04 June 1935 HOUSES ENTERED AT CUCKFIELD. UNSUCCESSFUL ALL-NIGHT SEARCH FOR TWO MEN. The Haywards Heath...
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    1843 Horse Stealing gang operating successfully on Cuckfield to Brighton road
    • Feb 19
    • 1 min

    1843 Horse Stealing gang operating successfully on Cuckfield to Brighton road

    Morning Post - Saturday 18 November 1843 Cuckfield. — Horse-Stealing. — A wholesale system of horse-stealing has been pursued on the road...
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    1893: Rose and Crown Publican in trouble
    • Feb 11
    • 6 min

    1893: Rose and Crown Publican in trouble

    Mid Sussex Times - Tuesday 12 September 1893 A CUCKFIELD PUBLICAN IN TROUBLE. At the Haywards Heath Petty Sessions yesterday (Monday),...
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    1881: 'Nice sort of husband and father'
    • Feb 9
    • 2 min

    1881: 'Nice sort of husband and father'

    A NICE SORT OF HUSBAND AND FATHER - Joseph Mansbridge, butcher, late of Cuckfield but now described as of Portslade, was charged with...
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    1913: A bogus parson and officer
    • Feb 8
    • 3 min

    1913: A bogus parson and officer

    Astounding details were given at Whitehill (Hants) of the career of P. Seymour Kelly, 21, who was charged with obtaining food and lodging...
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    1881: Elderly couple cruelly robbed
    • Feb 1
    • 1 min

    1881: Elderly couple cruelly robbed

    Eastbourne Gazette - Wednesday 15 June 1881 CUCKFIELD. BURGLARY. —A lonely cottage on Moonhill Farm, near St. John's Common. inhabited by...
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    1874: Encounter in a railway carriage
    • Jan 23
    • 2 min

    1874: Encounter in a railway carriage

    A serious case of assault has been heard at the Cuckfield Police Court, in which Mr Jeremiah Farrow, a well-todo farmer, from Old Newton,...
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    1847: Pickpockets at work while locals enjoy circus entertainment
    • Jan 4
    • 2 min

    1847: Pickpockets at work while locals enjoy circus entertainment

    Brighton Gazette - Thursday 02 September 1847 CUCKFIELD. Mr Batty’s circus made public entry into this town on Monday morning, and a very...
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    1837: Base Ingratitude as employee caught in a 'very questionable' situation with employer's wife...
    • Dec 31, 2021
    • 1 min

    1837: Base Ingratitude as employee caught in a 'very questionable' situation with employer's wife...

    Globe - Monday 18 September 1837 Base Ingratitude.—At the Lewes Adjourned Sessions, on Friday, Fitzwilliam Burt, aged 22, was ordered to...
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    1932: Alleged theft of Vicar's motor car
    • Dec 27, 2021
    • 1 min

    1932: Alleged theft of Vicar's motor car

    Mid Sussex Times - Tuesday 06 December 1932 ALLEGED THEFT OF A VICAR’S MOTOR-CAR. LONDON MAN REMANDED AT HAYWARDS HEATH. The theft of the...
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    1864: Soldier in a fix after a 'lost' evening
    • Dec 19, 2021
    • 1 min

    1864: Soldier in a fix after a 'lost' evening

    Sussex Advertiser - Wednesday 30 March 1864 A soldier in a fix. Cuckfield Court —A discharged private of the 43rd Light Infantry,...
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    1886: Serial swindler taken to court by Talbot Landlord
    • Dec 15, 2021
    • 2 min

    1886: Serial swindler taken to court by Talbot Landlord

    Mid Sussex Times - Tuesday 01 June 1886 ALLEGED SWINDLING —CUCKFIELD. The Rev. Robert Thomas Le Ban Auketell (40), no place of abode, was...
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    1882: A Cure for 'prigging' in Cuckfield
    • Dec 3, 2021
    • 2 min

    1882: A Cure for 'prigging' in Cuckfield

    Mid Sussex Times - Tuesday 17 October 1882 A CURE FOR “PRIGGING.” To the Editor of The Mid-Sussex Times. Sir,— Your remarks in a recent...
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    1901: Teenagers' assault on older Cuckfield resident is punished in court
    • Dec 2, 2021
    • 2 min

    1901: Teenagers' assault on older Cuckfield resident is punished in court

    Mid Sussex Times - Tuesday 16 April 1901 Alleged "Hooliganism”—Cuckfield. Ernest Pateman (17). butcher’s assistant. Cuckfield, pleaded...
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    1786: The 'pauper's' cumuppance
    • Nov 20, 2021
    • 3 min

    1786: The 'pauper's' cumuppance

    Here is a curious example of an eighteenth century 'social security' scam caused by the fear of bank failure leading to a crime of greed...
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