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Cuckfield Connections
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1909: Thief at Tentercroft
Brighton Gazette - Wednesday 31 March 1909 REMARKABLE CASE A Haywards Heath Charge An interesting story was unfolded at the Haywards...
Sep 1, 20213 min read


1864: Harsh Sentences for local lawbreakers
Brighton Gazette - Thursday 27 October 1864 CUCKFIELD. Special Bench of Magistrates, Wednesday, Oct. 19. Present—Capt. Sergison, and W....
Aug 30, 20211 min read


1929: Much ado about nothing as cyclists square up to each other in Copyhold Lane
Mid Sussex Times - Tuesday 19 March 1929 BOUND OVER— ARDINGLY. Dorothy Mabel Bundy, Rivers Farm Cottage, Cuckfield, was summoned by Ethel...
Aug 26, 20212 min read


1851: Sheep thief apprehended in Whiteman's Green after a 40 mile pursuit
Brighton Gazette - Thursday 16 January 1851 CUCKFIELD. Charge of Sheep Stealing. -A person, named William Haylar, a native of this place,...
Aug 20, 20212 min read


1851: Poet Laureate Alfred Lord Tennyson and his wife flee from 'haunted home' near Cuckfield
On January 14th 1851, several months after he had been awarded the prestigious role of Poet Laureate, the 41 year old Alfred Lord...
Jul 29, 20214 min read


c1850: The crimes of the Cuckfield Gang
My father tells me that about 50 years ago these robbers were caught and brought to justice. For a long time they had robbed and...
Jul 28, 20212 min read


1891: A serious charge of assault in Cuckfield
Mid Sussex Times - Tuesday 09 June 1891 THE SERIOUS CHARGE OF ASSAULT—CUCKFIELD. Ernest Neale, a private in the 14th Hussars, and Alfred...
Jun 30, 202112 min read


1950: Cuckfield artist claims compensation in court
West Sussex Gazette - Thursday 21 September 1950 ARTIST WINS CLAIM FOR COST OF PORTRAITS A Cuckfield woman artist and a married couple...
Jun 26, 20211 min read


1913: Bicycle Thief steals from Landlord of The Ship Inn
Sussex Agricultural Express - Friday 29 August 1913 BICYCLE CASE : OBSERVANT POLICEMAN.— On Monday, at Haywards Heath Bench, before Mr....
Jun 21, 20212 min read


1806: Court hears a strange case of false arrest at Cuckfield Place
Star (London) - Thursday 07 August 1806 Lewes August 5th MORGAN V SERGEANTSON AND WIFE Mr Garrow told the jury, that this was a case...
Jun 12, 20216 min read


1893: Perseverance pays off as Burglars pursued and caught in Cuckfield
West Sussex County Times - Saturday 15 July 1893 A SMART CRAWLEY CONSTABLE. P.C. Avis, of Crawley, was heartily congratulated by the...
Jun 8, 20212 min read


Audacious robbery in Cuckfield
Lewes December 27 Sussex Advertiser 1785 On Monday morning, about eleven o’clock, a most singular and audacious robbery was committed a...
Jun 2, 20212 min read


1906: German takes on workman - hilarity in court
The Mid Sussex Times, 13 February 1906 Henry Fechtler, of Cuckfield Park, Cuckfield, had three summonses for riding a bicycle upon a...
May 18, 20214 min read


1896: Drunk and disorderly quartet fight at the top of Place Walk
Mid Sussex Times - Tuesday 28 January 1896 —Cuckfield , Edward Bourne, Bolney, was summoned for drunkenness and riotous behaviour on the...
May 15, 20212 min read


1908: Motorist sent to prison after drunken escapade leads to car crash in Cuckfield
Mid Sussex Times - Tuesday 28 January 1908 MOTORIST SENT TO PRISON. CAR CRASHES THROUGH A HEDGE AT CUCKFIELD. “An Example is Absolutely...
Apr 30, 20213 min read


1806: Sergison wife sued for wrongful arrest of godson
Sussex Assizes. Lewes, Aug 5, 1806, before a special jury. Morgan v. Sergison and Wife Mr Garrow told the Jury, that this was a case...
Apr 27, 20216 min read


1774: Conman steals from Cuckfield Church
Hampshire Chronicle - Monday 04 July 1774 On Friday se’nnight a man, well dressed, came to an inn in Cuckfield, and after having walked...
Apr 26, 20211 min read


1862: Assault on landlord's wife at the Ship Inn
Surrey Gazette - Tuesday 10 June 1862 CUCKFIELD: ASSAULT.— At the Petty Sessions, on Monday, June 2, Edward Hazelgrove, of Whiteman's...
Mar 25, 20211 min read


1864: Did tramps steal stockings and more besides?
Cuckfield: a series of robberies A number of robberies have been committed here during the past few days, which may be partly accounted...
Jan 3, 20212 min read


1907: Reckless motoring in Cuckfield endangers locals
Mid Sussex Times - Tuesday 17 December 1907 “OUT FOR A RIDE” RECKLESS MOTORING AT CUCKFIELD. YESTERDAY'S BENCH CASE A lot of evidence was...
Jan 1, 20216 min read
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