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Cuckfield Connections
A personal journey of discovery





1940: Fatal 'hit and run' in Broad Street
Mid Sussex Times - Tuesday 03 September 1940 SOLDIER KILLED IN AN ACCIDENT AT CUCKFIELD. INQUEST STORY OF LORRY WHICH FAILED TO STOP....
Dec 28, 20204 min read


1903: Fine for drunk and disorderly duo at Whiteman's Green: 'disgraceful behaviour' punished
Mid Sussex Times - Tuesday 24 November 1903 Disgraceful Behaviour —Cuckfield. Frederick Newman and James Tidey, Handcross, had to answer...
Dec 23, 20201 min read


1839: Charge of attempted murder after unprovoked attack at the Rose and Crown Cuckfield
Sussex Advertiser - Monday 25 March 1839 John Fowler, horsekeeper, 40, was charged with having, on the 28th of November, maliciously...
Dec 11, 20203 min read


1888: Cuckfield Court at the Talbot closes; new Haywards Heath Court House used for the first time
Mid Sussex Times - Tuesday 24 January 1888 THE NEW COURT HOUSE AT HAYWARDS HEATH. Yesterday (Monday) the Cuckfield Bench of Magistrates...
Dec 2, 202010 min read


White Hart 1867: No rush as ham thieves have midnight feast
Cuckfield: Housebreaking On Tuesday night some thieves broke into the White Hart Inn (Mrs Stubberfield's) by forcing open the shutter, a...
Nov 24, 20201 min read


1906: Burglaries at Haywards Heath- smart capture by the police
Mid Sussex Times - Tuesday 21 August 1906 BURGLARIES AT HAYWARDS HEATH SMART CAPTURE BY THE POLICE. Before Mr. T. Bannister, at Haywards...
Aug 3, 20202 min read


1786: Outrageous robbery at Staplefield Common
Oxford Journal - Saturday 30 December 1786 Cuckfield Last Tuesday a man was committed to Horsham jail by Samuel Blunt esq, being charged...
Jul 31, 20202 min read


1885: Tragic tale of a Haywards Heath Asylum nurse, inmate, would-be assassin and 'suicidal maniac'
Eastern Evening News - Wednesday 04 February 1885 THE EASTERN EVENING NEWS, WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 4, 1885. THE SHOOTING OF O'DONOVAN ROSSA....
Jul 30, 202019 min read


1908: Haywards Heath postmaster's downfall
Sussex Agricultural Express - Saturday 15 August 1908. POSTMASTER'S DOWNFALL. PROCEEDINGS AT HAYWARDS HEATH. The news of the arrest of...
Jul 28, 20205 min read


1874: Robbery at The Kings Head Hotel
Chichester Express and West Sussex Journal - Tuesday 14 July 1874 CUCKFIELD- ROBBERY AT THE KING’S HEAD HOTEL. —A daring robbery was...
Jul 27, 20202 min read


1953: Street battle outside Perrymount ballroom
West Sussex Gazette - Thursday 15 October 1953 STREET "BATTLE" AFTER A DANCE Following a street battle which developed when dancers were...
Jul 26, 20203 min read


1906: Strange Case of alleged Highway Robbery at Brook Street
Sussex Agricultural Express - Saturday 20 October 1906 ALLEGED HIGHWAY ROBBERY AT CUCKFIELD. STRANGE STORY: INJURED MAN ARRESTED. No...
Jul 21, 20202 min read


1916: A most unusual case of road rage in Haywards Heath
Mid Sussex Times - Tuesday 04 January 1916 A DEFENDANT APOLOGISES. STRANGE MOTORING INCIDENT AT HAYWARDS HEATH. YOUNG LADY STOPPED AND...
Jul 14, 20204 min read


1929: Police Constable's timely visit in Tyler's Green
Mid Sussex Times - Tuesday 01 January 1929 THIEVES AT CUCKFIELD. POLICE CONSTABLE’S TIMELY VISIT. Shortly after five o'clock on the...
Jul 14, 20201 min read


1894 - Drunken celebrations at The 'Wheatsheaf' have terrible consequences...
Mid Sussex Times - Tuesday 06 November 1894 CUCKFIELD PUBLICAN IN TROUBLE- “WHEATSHEAF" LICENSE ENDORSED. The Haywards Heath Police Court...
Jul 13, 202011 min read


1917: Assault and hysterics in Cuckfield
Mid Sussex Times - Tuesday 03 April 1917 ASSAULT AND HYSTERICS. CUCKFIELD CASE YESTERDAY AT HAYWARDS HEATH BENCH. Yesterday (Monday),...
Jul 7, 20204 min read


1905: Boy Shot at Bolney - but was it intentional?
Mid Sussex Times - Tuesday 06 June 1905 A BOY SHOT AT BOLNEY. Strange Case at Haywards Heath Petty Sessions. A peculiar case was that...
Jul 6, 20207 min read


1911: Mystery in Ashenground Road - House ransacked but nothing stolen!
Mid Sussex Times - Tuesday 10 January 1911 STRANGE AFFAIR AT HAYWARDS HEATH. HOUSE RANSACKED, BUT NOTHING STOLEN. At the far end of...
Jul 6, 20202 min read


1905: Assault on Haywards Heath policeman at Sussex Hotel
Mid Sussex Times - Tuesday 29 August 1905 A VIOLENT NAVVY. Assault on a Haywards Heath Policeman. Mr. W. Borrer (in the chair) and other...
Jul 4, 20203 min read


1891: Trial after theft of rings in Sussex Road
Mid Sussex Times - Tuesday 03 March 1891 THE RING ROBBERY—HAYWARDS HEATH. Isaac Ireland, china mender, and his wife Rose Hannah Ireland,...
Jul 3, 20209 min read
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