1926: Collision in London Lane caused by dangerous driving
Mid Sussex Times – Tuesday 27 July 1926 DANGEROUS MOTOR DRIVING, CUCKFIELD Helen Edith Cowan Lady of Lower Beeding, was summoned for...
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Cuckfield Connections
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Sep 4, 20222 min read
1866: Did he intend to strike the man or the horse?
Mr Turner, of Burgess Hill, was indicted for an assault on James Seaman, porter at that station. Mr Carpenter opened the case, and...
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Aug 25, 20221 min read
1910: A bit giddy
James Sherlock, of Hurstpierpoint, was summoned for being drunk whilst in charge of a horse at Cuckfield on May 25th. Defendant pleaded...
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Aug 23, 20222 min read
1906: Women were afraid to go shopping
No little consternation was created in the old coaching town of Cuckfield, which is about two miles from Haywards Heath, on Saturday...
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Aug 22, 20221 min read
1893: Beggar and his wife in trouble with the law
Mid Sussex Times - Tuesday 10 January 1893 PETTY SESSIONS - HAYWARDS HEATH ______________ FRIDAY Before General Leigh Pemberton C.B. AN...
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Aug 8, 20222 min read
1908: Two remanded for Cricket hut theft in Cuckfield
Mid Sussex Times - Tuesday 25 August 1908 ALLEGED CRICKET HUT ROBBERY AT CUCKFIELD. Another Remand Yesterday. Brought up again at...
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Jul 19, 20222 min read
1929: Driver's dangerous road rage was 'a very bad case'
Mid Sussex Times - Tuesday 08 October 1929 A VERY BAD CASE IN CUCKFIELD. Henry J. Hildyard, Wandsworth Common was summoned for driving a...
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Jul 17, 20226 min read
1910: Counterfeiters caught at Whiteman's Green
The Mid Sussex times Tuesday, April 12, 1910 “Get out of the way!” EXCITING CAPTURES OF MEN IN A TRAP AT CUCKFIELD. ALLEGED COUNTERFEIT...
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Jul 10, 20221 min read
1937: Cuckfield man charged with assault
Mid Sussex Times - Tuesday 30 November 1937 CAUGHT HOLD OF A GIRL’S ARM CUCKFIELD MAN CHARGED WITH ASSAULT. A man who was said to have...
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Jun 20, 20223 min read
1891: Lame horse forced to work on Cuckfield farm
Mid Sussex Times - Tuesday 24 November 1891 CHARGE OF CRUELTY TO a HORSE—CUCKFIELD. Thomas Woodcock, of Bolnore, Haywards Heath, was...
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Apr 30, 20224 min read
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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Apr 14, 20222 min read
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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Apr 6, 20222 min read
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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Mar 27, 20223 min read
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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Feb 26, 20222 min read
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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Feb 23, 20222 min read
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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Feb 19, 20221 min read
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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Feb 11, 20226 min read
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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Feb 9, 20222 min read
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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Feb 8, 20223 min read
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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