A-Z Challenge 2025: April 3rd: C for Cuckfield Parish Church Vicars

Informaion here about two of the vicars of Holy Trinity Church, Cuckfield, whose names begin with the letter C.

Charles Ashburnham; vicar in1761.  He also became Canon of Chichester Cathedral, Preb. of Chichester in 1761.  

He was born in 1723 in Chichester, Sussex, England and baptised at St Bartholomews, Chichester. He was admitted at Corpus Christi, School, Charterhouse, Cambridge in 1744 and matriculated 1745 with B.A. 1747-8 and M.A. 1756.  He was vicar of Cowfold in 1755 until he moved to Cuckfield. During his tenure in Cuckfield he was instrumental in the rebuilding of the new vicarage in 1780.  Charles passed away on 16 December 1800 and was buried in Chichester Cathedral.

Canon Charles William Goodall Wilson; vicar in 1915  Wall memorial for him reads:   "In affectionate and grateful memory of Charles William Goodall Wilson MA, Prebendary of Thorney in Chichester Cathedral; Born 1860 - Died 1948; Vicar of Cuckfield 1915 - 1936.  I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills from whence cometh my help. Given by friends in Cuckfield"

He was born in 1860 and passed away in 1948 He was also an alumnus of Pembroke College, Oxford, where he matriculated in 1880 and later earned his B.A. in 1883 and M.A. in 1887.

You will find information about other vicars on my website, Cuckfield Compendium 

My blog: Cuckfield Compendium

My website: Cuckfield Compendium 

A-Z Challenge 2025: April 2nd: B for baptisms

Some more baptisms to add to my website.

Baptisms  1819

July 15th:  Richard, son of John and Elizabeth Haylor, Cuckfield Labourer

Sept 5th:  Steven Molineux (illegitimate) son of Mary King, Cuckfield

Sept 13th:  Catherine, daughter of William and Charlotte Noble, Cuckfield Gent

Oct 24th:  William, son of William and Rachael Haselgrove, Cuckfield Labourer

Baptisms  1891

March 1st:  Arthur Thomas, son of  William and Sarah Murrell, Long Acre Labourer

March 1st:  James, son of  Ernest and Maria Rowland, Cuckfield Labourer

March 21st:  Albert Edward, son of  Mary Sayers, Cuckfield Union

March 30th: Emily Natalie, daughter of  Thomas William and Martha Field, Cuckfield Hop Merchant

My blog: Cuckfield Compendium

My website: Cuckfield Compendium 

A-Z Challenge 2025: April 1st: A for Anniversaries.

There aren't many anniversaries of marriages for today as in most years it would have fallen in Lent.  However I did find these in published transcriptions for early years:

1627:    Richard Brishar and Katherine Renfield  .....   398th anniversary this year

1657:    Thomas Winpenny and Mary Jenkin  .....        368th anniversary this year

1673:    John Gatland and Susan Tomsat  .....             352nd anniversary this year

My blog: Cuckfield Compendium

My website: Cuckfield Compendium 

A-Z Challenge 2025: March 23: Introduction

This will my second participation in the #AtoZChallenge for bloggers. Starting Tuesday April 1st, readers will find daily posts (excluding Sundays) centered around my One Place Study of Cuckfield. 

My theme this year is "People Connected with Cuckfield"

Each post will delve into the people who have connections with Cuckfield whether resident or visitor; law abiding or transgressor; notable figures or ordinary folk.  I have used genealogy websites. newspaper articles and other online publications.

Throughout the month, we will journey through the alphabet, starting with A on the 1st and concluding with Z on the 30th. Some letters are more challenging so stay tuned to see what I come up with.

I hope you enjoy and learn from the posts. Please leave comments, follow my blog, and visit my website where I will be uploading much of this information.

My blog: Cuckfield Compendium

My website: Cuckfield Compendium 

Cuckfield Dinosaurs

 The ancient stone quarries to the north of the village, especially Whitemans Green, are renowned as the locations where some of the most significant early dinosaur fossil discoveries in the world were made.

Dr Gideon Mantell discovered the first fossilised remains of the Iguanadon in 1824 in Whiteman's Green.  Since it's discovery it has been in the Natural History Museum in London.  

In 1990 the Cuckfield Museum held a celebration, in the Queens Hall, Cuckfield, of the discovery and Dr Mantell's birthday.  It was the start of a three month long exhibition.