May 89 min1935: Cuckfield celebrates Royal Silver JubileeMid Sussex Times - Tuesday 07 May 1935 THE KING’S SILVER JUBILEE CUCKFIELD. Not within the memory of the oldest inhabitant has Cuckfield...
Dec 15, 20202 minCoachman: '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,...
Dec 7, 20201 min1885: 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...
Dec 3, 20203 min1845: The Cuckfield Workhouse and ChristmasWhen we think of the connotations of the word ‘workhouse’ we might recall the film Oliver and the grim prison environment and surly staff...
Dec 1, 20202 min1849: 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...
Nov 28, 20202 min1797: King's Head Cuckfield 'Tavern Clock' - Penny for the time pleaseCuckfield’s King’s Head had a fine ‘Act of Parliament Clock’ (or ‘Tavern Clock’) in the saloon bar. The clock name derives from 1797...
Nov 25, 20201 min1897: Bolting horse causes alarm and damageOn Sunday February 21st there was much excitement outside the parish church just as the congregation was leaving the evening service. A...
Nov 24, 20201 minWhite 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 23, 20206 min1881: Murder suspect Percy Lefroy Mapleton appears in Cuckfield CourtroomDundee Courier - Saturday 16 July 1881 THE BRIGHTON MURDER. EXAMINATION OF LEFROY. THE JOURNEY TO CUCKFIELD. COOLNESS OF THE PRISONER....
Nov 20, 20207 minWhen 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...
Nov 20, 202010 minExclusive - The Old King's Head in Cuckfield revealedMy 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...
Nov 16, 20201 min1849: Animal mayhem in Cuckfield streetAs 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...
Nov 15, 20203 min1986: 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...
Nov 14, 20202 min1849: Kids' party at Ockenden House, Cuckfield - then on to the Talbot for magicOn Thursday last, John Fearon, Esq., of Ockenden House [Cuckfield], followed up his liberality, noticed a few weeks since, by giving a...
Nov 13, 20202 min1935: Fatal fall at the Old Mill in CuckfieldMid Sussex Times - Tuesday 11 June 1935 CUCKFIELD WOMAN’S FATAL FALL. NEIGHBOUR’S DISCOVERY AT OLD MILL A woman who had lived for nearly...
Nov 12, 20202 min1794: 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...
Nov 10, 20202 minCuckfield July 1853: one inch diameter hail stones shatter windows in freak stormSussex Advertiser - Tuesday 12 July 1853 CUCKFIELD. The Storm. —About half-past ten on Thursday night, we were visited by a most terrific...
Nov 10, 20203 minCuckfield life from 1850: Emily Wells' recollectionsHere is a selection of memories Mrs Emily Wells born c1850, and latterly lived in Broad Street from an interview conducted by the Womens’...
Nov 6, 20205 minReginald Tree: Cuckfield baker for 50 yearsReginald Tree was the village baker from the 1940s through the 1980s. This intriguing account of his life that must have been written in...
Nov 5, 20204 min1881: 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...