Cuckfield, (West Sussex)

OPC for Cuckfield is : Brian Cutler

Email: Brian Cutler.

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Cuckfield is a village situated 12 miles from the south coast at Brighton and 38 miles from London, set high on the Weald of Sussex.

Pronounced Cookfield, the village dates back to Saxon times. It was first written Kukefeld in 1092, followed by Cucufeld in 1121.

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In Broad Street, the former Congregational Providence Chapel was established 1821. It is now closed and used for offices. There was also once a Methodist Church in London Road, but has now closed. The Baptist Chapel, built in 1772, is still thriving in Polestub Lane.

Other Cuckfield parishes:

Staplefield.

Places of worship:

Church details, together with baptism, marriage, monumental inscription & burial records can be accessed by clicking on the church name.

Baptist Chapel

Cemetery Chapel

Former All Saints Mission Room

Former St John's Chapel (Mission Room), Ansty

Holy Trinity

Providence Chapel

Wesleyan Chapel

Census returns:

The OPC Database has no census returns for people residing in this parish yet.

People born in this parish but residing elsewhere:

29 individuals in the OPC Database for the 1851 census.

48 individuals in the OPC Database for the 1861 census.

6 individuals in the OPC Database for the 1871 census.

3 individuals in the OPC Database for the 1891 census.

1 individual in the OPC Database for the 1901 census.

Maps:

Grid reference: 530500, 124500 ~ View on: Google Maps, Open Street Map, Streetmap, National Library of Scotland Map or Oldmaps.

Militia records etc:

The Cuckfield Compendium has a transcription of the war memorial

Roll of Honour has details of the people listed on memorials to those who died in the Boer War - a cross in the churchyard and a tablet in Cuckfield school

Roll of Honour has details of the people listed on memorials in the church and churchyard

Other links relating to this parish:

Cuckfield Museum have a website

Apprenticeships (Poor Law) (Complete) - look up service offered
Hearth Tax (Complete) - look up service offered
School Trustees 1512 - c.1750 (Incomplete) - look up service offered

Poll Registers:

The OPC database contains 277 poll register entries for people entitled to vote in this parish.

1641 Protestation Returns:

There are no protestation returns for this parish in the OPC database.

Gazettes:

The OPC database contains 101 entries for people associated with this parish mentioned in Gazettes.

Parish histories:

The Cuckfield Compendium by Paul & Elizabeth Graydon has a wealth of information about the parish

Photographs:

There are 63 images depicting this parish in the OPC database.

Postal directories:

The OPC database contains 42 postal directory entries for this parish, (breakdown below).

42 entries from the 1823 Pigot's Directory of Sussex.

The OPC database contains the following directory sections which cover this parish.

1823 Pigot's Directory of Sussex for Cuckfield.

1867 Kelly's Directory for Cuckfield is available on the GENUKI site

1840 Pigot Directory for Cuckfield

1851 Post Office Directory for Cuckfield

Publications:

There are 8 books about this parish in the Sussex OPC Bibliography.

There are 36 articles about this parish in the OPC Sussex Archeaological Collections Index.

There are 27 people from this parish in the OPC Sussex Archeaological Society Members Index.

Wills:

The OPC database contains 8 wills of people who lived in this parish.

The OPC database contains 4 wills which mention this parish.

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