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Cuckfield Connections
A personal journey of discovery





1824: Armed confrontation with hungry desperate labourers
Soon after the Board of Guardians had assembled at Cuckfield, a party of about 50 men, having the appearance of farm labourers, presented...
Oct 28, 20221 min read
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1797: Surprise granddaughter delivered
One day last week a girl, aged about 18 years, servant to a widow at Cuckfield, in Sussex, complained of indisposition, and went to bed;...
Oct 26, 20221 min read
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1795: Tempest and fire ball hits village
We learn about the havoc created by a severe storm in August 1795 from The Times: Last Thursday night we had here a very severe tempest;...
Oct 24, 20221 min read
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1836: Snow and two to a bed
... Our informant describes the road as being very bad indeed this side of Hicksted, and says that it can be passed only on foot or...
Oct 22, 20222 min read
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1886: Butlers Green and the beauty of Autumn
Mid Sussex Times - Tuesday 09 November 1886 We are passing through the season of the fall the leaf, and Nature is assuming sober tone of...
Oct 21, 20221 min read
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2022: The mural 'restored' - urgent help needed
Denise, former wife of Tim Haws, a talented local artist - who herself is also an artist - got in touch recently with Cuckfield...
Oct 20, 20222 min read
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1836: First allotments to the deserving
At a respectable meeting held at the King's Head Inn, at Cuckfield, on Wednesday evening last, an unanimous resolution was come to to...
Oct 18, 20221 min read
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1837: Sex, pistol threat and runaway wife
At the Lewes Adjourned Sessions, on Friday, Fitzwilliam Burt, aged 22, was ordered to find good bail, and give 48 hours’ notice thereof,...
Oct 16, 20221 min read
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1907: A miraculous escape near Bedlam Pond
Mid Sussex Times - Tuesday 02 April 1907 A MIRACULOUS ESCAPE —A peculiar accident happened near Bedlam Pond this (Tuesday) morning. A man...
Oct 15, 20221 min read
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1819: Notice: auction of Mid Sussex Turnpike Tolls
Sussex Advertiser - Monday 26 July 1819 Turnpike Tolls to be Lett. WHEREAS at a Meeting of the Trustees of the Turnpike Road leading from...
Oct 13, 20222 min read
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1876: Don't put the lights out!
The Cuckfield Gas Company turn out the public lamps at ten o'clock. Cuckfield itself does not appear to relish the arrangement, and...
Oct 12, 20221 min read
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1935: Proposals for new roads in Cuckfield
Mid Sussex Times - Tuesday 23 July 1935 PROPOSED NEW ROADS AT CUCKFIELD. REPORT SUBMITTED TO THE COUNTY COUNCIL In the report of the...
Oct 11, 20221 min read
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1881: Suggestions for travelling more safely through Cuckfield
Mid Sussex Times - Wednesday 27 April 1881 REFLECTIONS BY THE WAY. To the Editor of The Mid-Sussex Times. Sir, —Thanks for the space you...
Oct 9, 20222 min read
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1936: Cuckfield Road name objection
The Clerk reported that he had received notice of appeals to the Justices against the proposal to assign the name Cuckfield Road to the...
Oct 6, 20221 min read
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1862: End of the Cuckfield Savings' Bank
A meeting of the Trustees and Managers of the Cuckfield Savings' Bank, recently held, it was resolved, 'That the establishment of Post...
Oct 2, 20221 min read
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1927: Extra banking facilities
Lloyds Bank Limited announce that a Sub-Branch of the Bank will be opened at The Clock House, Cuckfield, on Monday, July 18, under the...
Sep 28, 20221 min read
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1934: Drivers of 'noisy' cars and motor cycles take warning!
The danger in the streets caused by the congestion of increased motor traffic and a complaint regarding the excessive noise made by some...
Sep 20, 20221 min read
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1881: An extraordinary attachment
Cuckfield A singular discovery has been made by a well-known gamekeeper at Penland. Whilst walking through a cornfield on the farm he...
Sep 18, 20221 min read
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1948: Savings recovered from Council tip
Cuckfield The Council dustmen have returned to a woman about £40 worth of savings certificates found among rubbish collected from her...
Sep 16, 20221 min read
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1845: Drought hits Cuckfield
Cuckfield The past year has been a trying one with the generality of farmers in this district, and the present aspect of affairs is by no...
Sep 14, 20222 min read
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