In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Rushden like this:
RUSHDEN, a parish, with a village, in Welling-borough district, Northampton; 1 mile S by W of Higham-Ferrers, and 2¼ S E of Ditchford r. station. It has a post-office under Higham-Ferrers. Acres, 2, 770. Real property, £7,047. Pop. in 1851, 1, 460; in 1861, 1, 748. Houses, 381. The manor belonged formerly to the Dukes of Lancaster, and belongs now to the Queen. ...
Boot and shoe making is largely carried on. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £350.* Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church was formerly collegiate; is decorated English and cruciform; has a fine tower, with crocketted spire nearly 200 feethigh; and contains some carved screen-work, threesedilia, and monuments of the Pembertons, the Ekinses, the Fletchers, and the Williamses. There are three Baptist chapels, a Wesleyan chapel, a village school, and charities £26. Dr. Whitby, the theologian, was a native.
Rushden through time
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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Rushden in East Northamptonshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/1055
Date accessed: 25th April 2024
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