1936: The perpetual driving licence
NOVEL EXCUSE CUCKFIELD. That ‘he thought the licence went on for all time’ was the excuse offered by George Walter Ellis, the Albion...
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Cuckfield Connections
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Dec 6, 20221 min read
1881: Inspector judges Cuckfield Police Station to be 'entirely satisfactory'
Mid Sussex Times - Wednesday 28 September 1881 CUCKFIELD. Inspection of the Constabulary. On Friday last the annual Government inspection...
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Dec 2, 20221 min read
1882: Thief caught wearing shirt made from stolen Cuckfield lodging house blanket!
CUCKFIELD PETTY SESSIONS THURSDAY Before Major W.Sergison (chairman) and Mr T.T.C.Lister OUR ITALIAN VISITOR IN TROUBLE - CUCKFIELD...
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Nov 21, 20221 min read
1841: Man stoned or media hype?
A rumour has prevailed in the town for several days, that a man was stoned to death on Saturday by some labourers employed on the railway...
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Nov 18, 20224 min read
1902: Woman charged with multiple offences apprehended in South Street
Mid Sussex Times - Tuesday 28 October 1902 Girl’s alleged ‘doings’ Cases from Hassocks and Cuckfield. Annie E. Skinner, Nettleswell...
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Nov 16, 20221 min read
1847: Cuckfield inmate of Union Workhouse condemned for stealing 18 cabbages
Brighton Gazette - Thursday 24 June 1847 Magistrates’ Clerk’s Office—Friday, June 18. Before J. M. Norman, Esq. Davey Coomber, inmate of...
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Nov 15, 20221 min read
1787: Executed at Horsham for Cuckfield robbery
Last Saturday, the following malefactors were executed at Horsham, pursuant to their sentence, viz. Charles Roberts, for robbing Thomas...
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Nov 3, 20221 min read
1832: Fight before poachers detained
About 7 o'clock on Saturday morning, William Gates, gamekeeper to Sir George Shiffner, with three assistants; took three desperate...
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Nov 1, 20221 min read
1834: Highway robbery at Ansty
The proprietor of the wind and water mills on St .Johns Common was robbed near Ansty about 6 o'clock on Friday evening last by three men...
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Oct 28, 20221 min read
1824: Armed confrontation with hungry desperate labourers
Soon after the Board of Guardians had assembled at Cuckfield, a party of about 50 men, having the appearance of farm labourers, presented...
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Oct 27, 20222 min read
1913: Alleged bicycle theft in Cuckfield
Mid Sussex Times - Tuesday 26 August 1913 ALLEGED BICYCLE THEFT AT CUCKFIELD SMART CONSTABLE COMMENDED Yesterday (Monday), at Haywards...
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Oct 14, 20222 min read
1837: Daring highway robbery
As Mr Joseph Jeffreys, timber-merchant, Cuckfield Sussex, was returning home from Brighton market on Thursday evening last, between...
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Oct 7, 20221 min read
1881: Hard labour and prison for smashing a window in South Road
West Sussex County Times - Saturday 30 April 1881 CUCKFIELD. AT THE Petty Session House on Tuesday, before Mr. C. L. Peel (in the chair)...
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Oct 5, 20222 min read
1866: Drunken woman jailed after hitting policeman with a bottle
Sussex advertiser - Wednesday 13 June 1866 A PRECIOUS PAIR. James and Elizabeth Ann Ludby, fishmongers, but charged with being drunk and...
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Oct 4, 20221 min read
1834: Miller attacked on road
Desperate Highway Robbery and attempted Murder. Mr Gainsford, a miller of Hurstperpoint, was stopped at the bottom approaching Harvest...
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Oct 3, 20225 min read
1930: Historic Riot at The Talbot recalled
Mid Sussex Times – Tuesday 18 November 1930 PEEPS INTO THE PAST The Cuckfield riot: by Hubert Bates. The history of the Cuckfield riot...
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Sep 30, 20221 min read
1812: Deserters attack brewer and wine-merchant
Between seven and eight o'clock, on last on Tuesday evening, as Mr W Chapman, brewer, and Mr T Blaker, wine-merchant of this town, were...
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Sep 22, 20221 min read
1883: Nearly three months inside for stealing three eggs
Cuckfield Petty Sessions At this Court on Tuesday a lad about 15, named William Burt, was charged before Lieut Col Holden-Rose and Major...
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Sep 15, 20221 min read
1933: No hard feelings over hard labour sentence
Mid Sussex Times – Tuesday 03 January 1933 Hard labour for two casuals. Objected to Christmas in the workhouse. Two casuals named George...
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Sep 13, 20221 min read
1875: Frustrated traveller smashes Slough Green tollgate with Steam Engine
Hampshire Telegraph – Saturday May 1st 1875 SMASHING A TURNPIKE GATE WITH A LOCOMOTIVE STEAM ENGINE At the petty sessions, on Monday,...
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