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    1935: Cuckfield celebrates Royal Silver Jubilee
    • May 8
    • 9 min

    1935: Cuckfield celebrates Royal Silver Jubilee

    Mid Sussex Times - Tuesday 07 May 1935 THE KING’S SILVER JUBILEE CUCKFIELD. Not within the memory of the oldest inhabitant has Cuckfield...
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    Coachman: 'Get out and walk up Clayton Hill'
    • Dec 15, 2020
    • 2 min

    Coachman: 'Get out and walk up Clayton Hill'

    WCA Blew in 'Brighton and its Coaches' quoted from Samuel Shergold’s ‘Recollections of Brighton in the Olden Time’ published in 1853,...
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    1885: Balcombe villagers desperately try to grow their church spire as high as that of Cuckfield!
    • Dec 7, 2020
    • 1 min

    1885: Balcombe villagers desperately try to grow their church spire as high as that of Cuckfield!

    According to the 1885 ‘Sussex Place Rhymes and Local Proverbs’, by Frederick Ernest Sawyer, there was an old Sussex proverb: The people...
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    1845: The Cuckfield Workhouse and Christmas
    • Dec 3, 2020
    • 3 min

    1845: The Cuckfield Workhouse and Christmas

    When we think of the connotations of the word ‘workhouse’ we might recall the film Oliver and the grim prison environment and surly staff...
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    1849: Staplefield School construction funded by Cuckfield residents and opened with Plum Pudding!
    • Dec 1, 2020
    • 2 min

    1849: Staplefield School construction funded by Cuckfield residents and opened with Plum Pudding!

    In the following article from the Brighton Gazette in 1849 it appears that Staplefield school construction was funded by Cuckfield...
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    1797: King's Head Cuckfield 'Tavern Clock' - Penny for the time please
    • Nov 28, 2020
    • 2 min

    1797: King's Head Cuckfield 'Tavern Clock' - Penny for the time please

    Cuckfield’s King’s Head had a fine ‘Act of Parliament Clock’ (or ‘Tavern Clock’) in the saloon bar. The clock name derives from 1797...
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    1897: Bolting horse causes alarm and damage
    • Nov 25, 2020
    • 1 min

    1897: Bolting horse causes alarm and damage

    On Sunday February 21st there was much excitement outside the parish church just as the congregation was leaving the evening service. A...
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    White Hart 1867: No rush as ham thieves have midnight feast
    • Nov 24, 2020
    • 1 min

    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...
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    1881: Murder suspect Percy Lefroy Mapleton appears in Cuckfield Courtroom
    • Nov 23, 2020
    • 6 min

    1881: Murder suspect Percy Lefroy Mapleton appears in Cuckfield Courtroom

    Dundee Courier - Saturday 16 July 1881 THE BRIGHTON MURDER. EXAMINATION OF LEFROY. THE JOURNEY TO CUCKFIELD. COOLNESS OF THE PRISONER....
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    When high society stopped overnight in Cuckfield
    • Nov 20, 2020
    • 7 min

    When high society stopped overnight in Cuckfield

    Towns and villages along the London to Brighton road had more high profile, wealthy and influential dignitaries passing through Cuckfield...
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    Exclusive - The Old King's Head in Cuckfield revealed
    • Nov 20, 2020
    • 10 min

    Exclusive - The Old King's Head in Cuckfield revealed

    My father was host of the King's Head, which stood where Mr Langton's house now is, and many is the royal guest the old inn has welcomed...
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    1849: Animal mayhem in Cuckfield street
    • Nov 16, 2020
    • 1 min

    1849: Animal mayhem in Cuckfield street

    As Mr and Mrs Borrer, jun., were driving through Cuckfield on Thursday; Mr Borrer’s pointer was attacked by a large dog, and a fight took...
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    1986: Curtain comes down on celebrated Ansty Barn Theatre as James Forsyth bids sad farewell
    • Nov 15, 2020
    • 3 min

    1986: Curtain comes down on celebrated Ansty Barn Theatre as James Forsyth bids sad farewell

    Scottish playwright James Forsyth, was born on March 3, 1913 in Glasgow and received his training at the Glasgow School of Art. He was...
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    1849: Kids' party at Ockenden House, Cuckfield - then on to the Talbot for magic
    • Nov 14, 2020
    • 2 min

    1849: Kids' party at Ockenden House, Cuckfield - then on to the Talbot for magic

    On Thursday last, John Fearon, Esq., of Ockenden House [Cuckfield], followed up his liberality, noticed a few weeks since, by giving a...
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    1935: Fatal fall at the Old Mill in Cuckfield
    • Nov 13, 2020
    • 2 min

    1935: Fatal fall at the Old Mill in Cuckfield

    Mid Sussex Times - Tuesday 11 June 1935 CUCKFIELD WOMAN’S FATAL FALL. NEIGHBOUR’S DISCOVERY AT OLD MILL A woman who had lived for nearly...
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    1794: Prince George in Cuckfield coach crash
    • Nov 12, 2020
    • 2 min

    1794: Prince George in Cuckfield coach crash

    We learn from The Sussex Weekly Advertiser in 7 July 1794: ‘The lad who drove the Prince [Prince George: future King George IV] on...
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    Cuckfield July 1853: one inch diameter hail stones shatter windows in freak storm
    • Nov 10, 2020
    • 2 min

    Cuckfield July 1853: one inch diameter hail stones shatter windows in freak storm

    Sussex Advertiser - Tuesday 12 July 1853 CUCKFIELD. The Storm. —About half-past ten on Thursday night, we were visited by a most terrific...
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    Cuckfield life from 1850: Emily Wells' recollections
    • Nov 10, 2020
    • 3 min

    Cuckfield life from 1850: Emily Wells' recollections

    Here is a selection of memories Mrs Emily Wells born c1850, and latterly lived in Broad Street from an interview conducted by the Womens’...
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    Reginald Tree: Cuckfield baker for 50 years
    • Nov 6, 2020
    • 5 min

    Reginald Tree: Cuckfield baker for 50 years

    Reginald Tree was the village baker from the 1940s through the 1980s. This intriguing account of his life that must have been written in...
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    1881: How Cuckfield celebrated 'Guy Fawkes Night'
    • Nov 5, 2020
    • 4 min

    1881: How Cuckfield celebrated 'Guy Fawkes Night'

    Throughout our country, Bonfire Night 2020 will be a subdued affair. Public firework celebrations have all been cancelled due to social...
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