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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Rushton like this:
RUSHTON, a village and a parish in Kettering district, Northampton. The village stands on the river Ise, and on the Leicester and Hitchin railway, 3½ miles N N W of Kettering; and has a station on the railway, and a post-office under Kettering. The parish comprises 2, 960 acres. Real property, £5, 201. ...
Pop., 484. Houses, 93. The property is divided among a few. The manor, with R. Hall, belonged to the Cockaynes, passed to the Hopes, and belongs now to W.C. Thornhill, Esq. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £700. Patron, W.C. Thornhill, Esq. The church is ancient. There is a national school.
Rushton 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 Rushton itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Rushton, in North Northamptonshire and Northamptonshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/8146
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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