Cuckfield Connections

Lightning played havoc in the neighbourhood of Slough Green, Cuckfield during the storm which broke at about two o'clock on Whit-Monday...

To the Editor of The Mid-Sussex Times, Dear Sir, Cuckfield Sewage Farm Mr. Neville Chamberlain, the Minister of Health, has recently...

You may recall our story 'Miracle in Cuckfield High Street' last year when we gave some newspaper accounts of the well known Cuckfield’s...

Mid Sussex Times - Tuesday 20 July 1886 REJOICINGS AT CUCKFIELD ON THE RETURN OF MR. GATHORNE-HARDY. Last Tuesday the Haywards Heath...

At the third annual meeting of the Cuckfield Savings’ Bank lately held at the Talbot Inn, Cuckfield JM Norman, Esq. in the chair. It...

My grandmother and her sister, my great aunt Amy, lived their early lives in Cuckfield. One evening, and back then in the early 1900's...

Mid Sussex Times - Tuesday 17 October 1882 THE IRON HOOP NUISANCE AND WANT OF PLAYGROUND FOR THE CUCKFIELD SCHOOLS. To the Editor of The...

Mrs Ann Pritchard Sergison, who moved into the [Cuckfield Park] mansion after winning a lawsuit in about 1820, took over the mill [on...

Mid Sussex Times - Tuesday 24 January 1899 “CUCKFIELD—PAST AND PRESENT.” Cuckfield Parish Room—which is being brought into almost daily...

Mid Sussex Times - Tuesday 11 December 1928 “THE LURE OF SUSSEX"; A DELIGHTFUL BOOK. INTERESTING DESCRIPTIONS OF MID-SUSSEX TOWNS. Mr R....

Mid Sussex Times - Tuesday 09 October 1888 On Things in General. —A correspondent furnishes us with the following items: —The old town...

The High Bridge Death Trap A startling incident occurred at this place on Thursday. A wayfaring lad, overcome by fatigue and the heat of...

Mid Sussex Times - Tuesday 04 June 1935 AN ANCIENT COIN FOUND AT STAPLEFIELD. An employee of Mr. James Galloway, of Holmsted Manor,...

Sussex Agricultural Express - Friday 21 January 1921 PARISH REGISTERS. —During the past year there were 49 baptisms, 9 marriages and 28...

Mid Sussex Times - Tuesday 22 June 1920 ELGIE’S WEATHER BOOK. To the Editor of The Mid-Sussex Times. Sir —Please accept my most cordial...

On Sunday week Mrs Joseph Anscombe, Bates and Thomas Norris, Jnr, were proceeding to Newick in a basket chaise, for which the horse was...

Mid Sussex Times - Tuesday 21 August 1923 CUCKFIELD RECREATION GROUND. To the Editor of Tim Mid-Sussex Times. Dear Sir,—-One result of...

The following comes from a website - www.hauntedisland.co.uk that collects personal accounts of mysterious ghostly activities. Any truth...

'Watch the wall my darling while the Gentlemen go by' A Smugglers' Song' by Rudyard Kiplng The words of Kipling's song above seem to have...

Sussex Advertiser - Saturday 04 February 1865 SNOWBALLING To the editor Sir, – the juvenile game of snowballing, a pastime that ought to...