1982: Asylum history on display
Mid Sussex Times: October 8th 1982 Pot-pourri of hospital history The changes in social attitudes and medical care that transformed the...
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Cuckfield Connections
A personal journey of discovery
- Feb 29
- 1 min
1908: Stone pounding and the 'fatting coop'
Stone pounding It has been resolved by the Guardians that samples of stone-pounders are to be obtained for inspection at the next meeting...
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- Feb 27
- 2 min
1913: Serious fire at Workhouse, toys destroyed
An alarming outbreak of fire occurred in the early hours of Monday at the Workhouse. It appears that one of the women inmates, who was...
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- Jan 31
- 1 min
1888: Absconding in swapped clothes
At the Horsham Police Court on Saturday, John Grinstead, a tramp, was charged with absconding from the Workhouse on September 5th, 1807,...
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- Jan 13
- 1 min
1914: Choice of labour for Workhouse inmates - but not much
West Sussex Gazette - Thursday 05 February 1914 CUCKFIELD Stone-pounding at Cuckfield Workhouse has given rise to much dismission* of...
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- Jan 3
- 1 min
1904: Cuckfield's 'fattening coop'
Rural ratepayers in Sussex seem to possess a certain grim humour. During a recent parish council debate Cuckfield Workhouse was called...
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- Dec 13, 2023
- 1 min
1927: Fire next to nursery and 2000 gallons of oil
Workhouse fire: fire engine in chains and frozen hose Prompt action by firemen averted what might have been a disaster at Cuckfield...
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- Sep 14, 2023
- 2 min
1880: Untimely deaths of navvies at the Workhouse
Daily News (London) - Tuesday 13 July 1880 Who is Blame ?—To the Editor the Daily News Sir, —These last few weeks, attention has been...
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- Sep 2, 2023
- 1 min
1891: Strange death of a Cuckfield pauper
Sussex Agricultural Express - Saturday 24 October 1891 CUCKFIELD STRANGE DEATH OF A PAUPER. An inquest was held on Thursday at the...
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- Aug 19, 2023
- 1 min
1847: A new role for the old Union Workhouse
Brighton Gazette - Thursday 01 April 1847 CUCKFIELD The old Union House has been converted into a County Court for Sussex, for the...
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- Aug 3, 2023
- 1 min
1903: Too cold to break stones at the Workhouse
Mid Sussex Times - Tuesday 06 January 1903 HAYWARDS HEATH PETTY SESSIONS. WEDNESDAY. Before Major Maberly (in the chair) and Mr. T....
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- Jul 25, 2023
- 1 min
1848: No fear of the treadmill
Cuckfield Workhouse We have not been so much hampered lately by travelling vagrants, as we were in the middle of the summer; this may be...
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- Jul 23, 2023
- 1 min
1908: Stone breakers are not happy
The Guardians [Cuckfield Workhouse] have decided that Mr Hall should take all the stone pounders requiring repair to his works and repair...
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- Jun 13, 2023
- 1 min
1908: Whittle while you work
A wood-carving class has been started at the Workhouse, and some of the elderly inmates display great talent in connection with the work....
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- Jun 5, 2023
- 1 min
1878: Reward to detain runaways
Cuckfield Union [Workhouse] Clerk Mr Edward WAUGH, Cuckfield ELIZA BREMEN, 44 years of age, 5 feet high, dark complexion, dark eyes,...
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- May 2, 2023
- 2 min
1864: Denied neglect of Workhouse small pox victim
Sussex Advertiser - Tuesday 31 May 1864 CUCKFIELD. Alleged Suspicious Death of a Boy.— A correspondent wishes to contradict a rumour...
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- Apr 13, 2023
- 1 min
1922: Bexhill checks out Cuckfield's dirty laundry
A report of the [Bexhill Workhouse] laundry committee was presented by Mrs Meads, who stated they visited the laundries at Uckfield,...
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- Dec 13, 2022
- 1 min
1873: Christmas Day at the Union
The inmates to the union house were regaled on Christmas Day with a plentiful dinner of roast beef and plum pudding, with porter,...
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- Nov 28, 2022
- 2 min
1881: Controversial complaint about 'vagrants'
Mid Sussex Times - Wednesday 02 February 1881 VAGRANCY. To the Editor of The Mid-Sussex Times. Sir, I think you must possess more than...
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- Nov 16, 2022
- 1 min
1847: Cuckfield inmate of Union Workhouse condemned for stealing 18 cabbages
Brighton Gazette - Thursday 24 June 1847 Magistrates’ Clerk’s Office—Friday, June 18. Before J. M. Norman, Esq. Davey Coomber, inmate of...
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