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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 is now part of NORTH NORTHAMPTONSHIRE Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how NORTH NORTHAMPTONSHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Rushden itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Rushden, in North Northamptonshire and Northamptonshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/1055
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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