Aug 25, 20213 min1830: The dinosaurs will return to CuckfieldMartin John Spencer Rudwick is a British geologist, historian, and academic. Back in 1975 Rudgwick wrote a paper discussing the cartoons...
Jul 3, 20212 min1834: The country of the IguanodonAn engraved adaptation of John Martin's watercolour The country of the Iguanodon appears as the frontispiece to Gideon Mantell's The...
Jun 14, 20212 min1977: Mantell is a major figure in the history of dinosaur discovery, but ...Illustrated London news 1 December 1977 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR The Cuckfield dinosaur From Professor W.A.S. Sarjeant Dear Sir, I read with...
Dec 22, 20203 min1881: Pioneering agriculture at Whiteman's Green In 1881 an experimental farm was set up at Whiteman's Green on land lent for the purpose at Beech Farm by Major Warden Sergison...
Dec 9, 20205 min1893: the cemetery refused to give up its deadThe average Briton had very little knowledge of Geology, and perhaps cares less. In his mind the subject is generally associated with...
Aug 7, 20185 minVictorian Rambles: Whiteman's Green and the Iguanadon findMid Sussex Times - Tuesday 01 November 1887 SAUNTERINGS BY SAUNTERER. No. VII We have been enjoying what in Canada they term an Indian...
Jun 28, 20187 min "Out of the whole world Cuckfield was the birthplace of the dinosaurs" - The Gideon Mantell Story Illustrated London News - Friday 01 July 1977 The Cuckfield dinosaur by Sally Emerson One day in 1822 Dr Gideon Mantell (1790-1852) was...
Jun 4, 20182 minGideon Mantell's historic find in CuckfieldOne day in 1822 Dr. Gideon Mantell (3 February 1790 – 10 November 1852) was visiting a patient in Cuckfield. Mantell realised how little...