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Cuckfield Connections

A personal journey of discovery

Sep 29, 20213 min read

1741-1810: Admiral John Douglas No3 in the Navy

Sep 28, 20212 min read

1900: "Surprised to be alive!" Captain Sergison writes about front line experiences in the Boer War

Sep 27, 20211 min read

1841: Deported for a dodgy fiver

Sep 26, 20217 min read

1719: Local history in an Indenture for 'the release of a house in Cuckfield' by Charles Sergison

Sep 25, 20213 min read

Four tollhouses ... 6

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1921: Snapshot of Cuckfield life and death statistics 100 years ago

Sep 23, 20214 min read

The mystery of the Hickstead tollhouse ... 5

Sep 22, 20211 min read

1846: Treat for local school children at the vicarage

Sep 21, 20213 min read

Bolney tollhouse - keeps moving ... 4

Sep 20, 20213 min read

1920: Stunning skies over Cuckfield recorded in a popular book

Sep 19, 20215 min read

Fury at Butler's Green tollhouse ... 3

Sep 18, 20211 min read

1857: Gun accident - member of shooting party shot in the face

Sep 17, 20213 min read

The tollbooth at Whiteman's Green ... 2

Sep 16, 20215 min read

1890: Burgess Hill suspects quizzed about Cuckfield Robbery

Sep 15, 20217 min read

Detested but essential turnpikes ... 1

Sep 14, 20211 min read

1898: Mail coach collides with lamp post in the High Street

Sep 13, 20211 min read

1847: Paupers to be catered for

Sep 12, 20212 min read

1889: Mr Burrell is abused by Coachman of the Comet

Sep 11, 20212 min read

1528: Cuckfield School shared Eton's curriculum

Sep 10, 20211 min read

1830: The Swing Riots - Cuckfield teenager charged with writing threatening letters to landowners

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