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    The 'lady in grey' of Butler's Green
    • May 11
    • 2 min

    The 'lady in grey' of Butler's Green

    I have been trying to find more about the myth of the Lady in Grey at Butlers Green, after having come across an item in Colin Manton's...
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    1848: Sad case of drowning at Newbury Pond
    • May 6
    • 1 min

    1848: Sad case of drowning at Newbury Pond

    Brighton Gazette - Thursday 07 September 1848. On Monday, an inquest was held before Inigo Gell, Esq., Deputy-Coroner, at the Talbot Inn,...
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    1830: Oak grows finer than in any part of England
    • May 3
    • 1 min

    1830: Oak grows finer than in any part of England

    In 1724 Daniel Defoe on a journey to Lewes, commented. 'I came there through the deepest, dirtiest, but in many ways the richest and most...
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    1904: Rural ramblers will benefit from a new path through Blunt's Wood
    • Apr 26
    • 1 min

    1904: Rural ramblers will benefit from a new path through Blunt's Wood

    Mid Sussex Times - Tuesday 05 April 1904 'Welcome News.’— We have pleasure in notifying our readers that that excellent organisation, the...
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    1805: Spectacular meteor passes over Cuckfield
    • Apr 23
    • 3 min

    1805: Spectacular meteor passes over Cuckfield

    Here is an account of a meteor shower that crossed England and over Cuckfield over 200 years ago on 17 July 1805 at 5.05pm, while it was...
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    1927: RSPCA recognises Cuckfield woman's bravery in rescuing a puppy
    • Apr 16
    • 4 min

    1927: RSPCA recognises Cuckfield woman's bravery in rescuing a puppy

    West Sussex Gazette - Thursday 26 May 1927 RISKY RESCUE OF PUPPY. CUCKFIELD WOMAN GOES DOWN A WELL Pluck shown by a Cuckfield resident in...
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    1883: Four young women thrown from Carriage in Pilstye accident
    • Apr 12
    • 1 min

    1883: Four young women thrown from Carriage in Pilstye accident

    Mid Sussex Times - Tuesday 06 November 1883 Carriage Accident.- On Friday, four young ladies, two of them daughters of Mr. E. Waugh, had...
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    1864: Total destruction by fire
    • Apr 10
    • 2 min

    1864: Total destruction by fire

    Brighton Gazette - Thursday 08 September 1864 CUCKFIELD. Total Destruction of Park Barn by Fire. A very destructive fire took place on...
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    1992: The clearing where the cuckoo came
    • Apr 3
    • 3 min

    1992: The clearing where the cuckoo came

    We are 30 years on from the Cuckfield 900 celebrations in 1992. To mark the centennial occasion this story in verse of the village...
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    1967: Further recollections of Edwardian Cuckfield by a local ...
    • Apr 1
    • 2 min

    1967: Further recollections of Edwardian Cuckfield by a local ...

    My earliest recollections...continued Introduction. Anyone interested in the history of Cuckfield will appreciate the fine contribution...
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    1914: 'The Kindness of Cuckfield people is proverbial....' (both then and now!)
    • Mar 31
    • 3 min

    1914: 'The Kindness of Cuckfield people is proverbial....' (both then and now!)

    Mid Sussex Times - Tuesday 27 October 1914 THE CUCKFIELD HOME FOR BELGIAN REFUGEES. To the Editor of The Mid Sussex Times. Sir -I...
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    1927: Why Cuckfield is a Town!
    • Mar 25
    • 3 min

    1927: Why Cuckfield is a Town!

    Mid Sussex Times - Tuesday 28 June 1927 An interesting and attractive picture of Cuckfield, dated 1790, contained in the June issue of...
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    1874: Mendicity Society to be formed in Cuckfield
    • Mar 23
    • 1 min

    1874: Mendicity Society to be formed in Cuckfield

    Horsham, Petworth, Midhurst and Steyning Express - Tuesday 23 June 1874 CUCKFIELD MENDICITY SOCIETY MENDICITY SOCIETY, Office, 13, RED...
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    1936: Brook Street rallies round tragic family after suicide and life changing injury
    • Mar 17
    • 8 min

    1936: Brook Street rallies round tragic family after suicide and life changing injury

    Mid Sussex Times - Tuesday 07 July 1936 CUCKFIELD A sad story told THE CORONER AT THE INQUEST. VERDICT "SUICIDE WHILE NOT OF SOUND MIND.”...
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    1987: The Great Storm
    • Mar 16
    • 4 min

    1987: The Great Storm

    We are in the 35th year since the Great Storm of 1987 - the worst storm in living memory. It occurred on the night of 15 to 16 October,...
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    1895: Down with the Cuckfield Town Clock!
    • Mar 15
    • 2 min

    1895: Down with the Cuckfield Town Clock!

    Mid Sussex Times - Tuesday 16 April 1895 THE CUCKFIELD TOWN CLOCK. To the Editor of The Mid-Sussex Times. Dear Sir,—l notice by the...
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    2022: Florence Seal -  'Hello Girl' with Cuckfield connections... remembered by Stefan Etienne
    • Mar 12
    • 2 min

    2022: Florence Seal - 'Hello Girl' with Cuckfield connections... remembered by Stefan Etienne

    Florence Seal – a 'Cuckfield Connection' Before March 1965, both Cuckfield and Haywards Heath were served by separate telephone...
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    1933: Hilaire Belloc's Cuckfield joke
    • Mar 7
    • 2 min

    1933: Hilaire Belloc's Cuckfield joke

    Another charming compliment was paid to Dame Sussex at GK Chesterton's jubilee luncheon celebration in 1933, at the Old Adelphi Hotel at...
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    1868: Cutting edge frozen egg experiment
    • Mar 3
    • 1 min

    1868: Cutting edge frozen egg experiment

    In order to stock the lakes of New Zealand, several boxes containing the ova of the ‘omble chevalier.' a species of chart, have been...
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    1911: Shocking fatality at Cuckfield
    • Feb 27
    • 1 min

    1911: Shocking fatality at Cuckfield

    Mid Sussex Times - Tuesday 06 June 1911 SHOCKING FATALITY AT CUCKFIELD. MAN FALLS OFF A WAGGON AND IS RUN OVER AND KILLED A terrible...
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