Rushden Research Group: History Index

Rushden
History & Development

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History		Demolition & Development see also Surveys
	Pre-history to Domesday		Population (census & stats)
	Rushden Manors		Demolition - mainpage
	Rushden & Higham Ferrers		Developments - mainpage
	Higham Ferrers Hundred		Council Plans 1888-1938
	A Thousand Years of Rushden		Statistics 1878 - 1897
	Archaeology		High Street Development
	Datestones and interesting notes		'Hearts & Soles'
	Sundials & Mass Dials		Growth of Non-conformity with Shoe Trade 1881-1901
	Village Green		Parochial Committee
	Windmills		Lighting the Town 1880
	Smockmill		Footpaths 1880
	Green's Windmill		Proposed Baths and Warehouse 1895
	More Mills		Roads - Government Enquiry 1895
	Grade II Listed Buildings		Water Supply
	Rushden's Only Thatched Property		Road Widening 1909
	Brief history of Higham Park See also the main section on Higham Park		High Street Improvements 1902-1910
	Roundhouse		Road changes (mainpage)
	The Court Estate		Housing Reports
	History by J Bridges 1791		Parks
	Wymington Road Windmill 1793-1915		John Street area 1920
	History of Rushden - John Cole - 1838		Prospect Avenue 1924
	Hamlet of Knuston - 1838		Snippets
	Mop and Pail Riot 1846		Refuse Tip 1927
	W Green - Memories of the 1860s		Park Avenue Estate 1931/32
	2 Photos in 1861 by H Sartoris		Public Utilities - see Commerce Section
	Whellan's Parish History 1874		Culverting the Brook 1969
	Census Act 1881		Town Lit Up - 1949
	Retrospect of 1889		Roads - 1949
	Rushden and Its Industry 1891 & 1900		Links with Old Rushden 1950
	High Street c1903 (church end)		Car Parks
	The Fire 1901		The Church Clock 1952
	Digging a Round Barrow 1906		Building Boom 1955
	1911 Rushden Town Guide		New Street Lights 1956
	Cemetery Report 1919		Growth & Development - 1958 study
	History by Dr C R Fisher 1920s		Overspill?
	Notes by J E Smith		House Building 1960s
	Ditchford Bridge 1924		Redevelopments
	The Town in 1926		Save a Factory
	History Lecture - Councillor J Allen 1927		Tree Planting 1992
	Church & War Memorial Pictures		The High Street 2008/9
	Rushden Enlarged & Beautifed 1930		Regeneration 2011
	The Budget 1931		New Lighting 2013
	Roman finds in 1953 & 1970
	"Spotlight on Rushden" 1955	Life in Rushden
	Growth & Development - 1958 study		Memories 1850-1937 Henry Hobbs
	Amalgamation? 1964		Memories of Concerts 1858 - TC Clarke
	Town Guide 1965		Memories of the 1860s - Walter Green
	Bakers 1940-1970 - WEA study		Memories 1870-1907 - Jonathan Seckington
	The Town in 1979		Christmas 1877 - 1882
	Industrial Archaeology - WEA 1982		Notes by J E Smith
	A6 Bypass 1993		Church Life in 1816
	Rushden - book published 1985		Some Old Customs
	Timecapsules		Memories 1875-1885 - Walter Green
	Industrial Architecture - Essay 1999		Memories of 1879 - John Mead
	The Vyne - Architectural Study 1999		Letters - ref Queen Victoria's Jubilee 1887
	Some Postcards		Rushden in 1887 (1937 50yrs ago)
	The Views from St Mary's Tower 2008		94 High Street South
	(interactive e-book feature)		Feast Remembered
	Architectural Survey - High St 2012		Pleasant Memories from 1895
	Benchmarks		Ladies Column in the "Argus" 1897
	Listed Buildings		High Street complaint - 1889
			Memories of the Town in the 1890s
Rushden Manors			Memories 1890s - R E Bayes
	Rushden Manors		High Street snippets
	Deeds - Introduction & Transcripts		Fire Relief Fund 1901
	Courts		Passive Resistance - Education Act 1902
			Christmas Games - 1903
			High Street 1905
Rushden Hall			Agricultural Show 1907
	Introduction		Postcards of High Street
	Early Days		Rushden's Sorrow - King Edward VII
	Sale of Rushden Hall 1836		Mrs Clayson - King's Christmas Tree 1909
	Hall Park Gatehouse		First day at school - 1910
	Contents Sale 1929		Rushden & the New King 1910
	Property Sale 1929		Women's Suffrage - Meeting 1910
	Hall & Grounds Open 1930		Out of Work in 1910
	Saving the Hall 1967		Memories of George Skinner 1911
	The Hall in 1971		Memories of Mrs Smart 1914
	Hall - News & Notes		Memories of Doris Watts 1918
			News Snippets August 1919
Rushden from the Air			House damaged by drought c1920
	Aerial picture c1920s		Unemployed Marchers visit Rushden 1922
	Queen Victoria Hotel area in 1979		Blackberrying 1926
	The Town in 1984		Memories of 1920s - Stella Reynolds
	Aerial Views 1950, 1988 & 1991		Memories 1850 - 1927
	DVD - A History of Rushden 2009		Fern Road 1925-35 by Peter Waring
			Little Street 1924-1936 - D Muscutt
Rushden Dialect			Rushden Becomes Important 1936
	Nostalgic Rhymes - R G Thompson		Memories of Rushden 1924-1939
	“Ole Tom” Has the Electric Light		Memories of the Baker Brothers 1928
	Ruzdin Feast		Rushden in the 1920s & 1930s
	R W Norman		Memories of 1920s-1930s Mary Fennell
			Memories of the 1930s - Freda Parker
			Memories of 1930s - Dorothy Rollings
			Memories of 1930s - Peggy Whitington
Parish Vestry Meetings			Memories of the "BU" - Richard Hall
	New Vestry Hall - Setting up		New Beauty Spot 1930
	Building the Vestry Hall 1875		Memories - Kim Harris
	Vestry Meeting 1887		Memories - Joyce Hazzeldine (nee Hartwell)
	Charities		Roy Blenco - Memories of the 1930s and 40s
	Response & Letters - Jubilee 1887		Cromwell Road in World War II
			Mr Robins' Chicken Farm 1939
			Memories - A H Chettle
			Memories - Margaret Clowes 1940s
Council & Local Government			Memories - Doreen Denny
	Electoral Roll 1834		Memories - Mollie Smith 1940s
	New Vestry Hall 1875		Memories - Wm S Ladds 1942
	Rating Property 1878		Memories - Ken Allen - The Lockies
	Highway Board Report 1882		Memories - Sheila Doherty - Duck St
	Urban Status 1881 & 1890		Memories - Christine Reeves
	Urban District Council		Dinah van der Werf - poem
	Index of Meetings Reports		Memories - Barry Postle - W'boro Rd
	Chairmen RUDC 1895 - 1973		Mud in Quorn Road - 1948
	Council Yard		Savings 1948
	Urban Council Building 1905-6		A Fifties Childhood
	Urban District Council 1930		The Louvre - 1950's
	Councillors Civic Service		Shilling Shortage 1950
	Album - some works 1945-50		Christmas 1951
	Councillors		Memories - Barb Burns (nee Parnell)
	Chairmen - gallery		Rushden & Higham Mourn the King 1952
	Council Year Book 1970-1971		The Church Clock 1952
	Council Housing		Margaret Goodwin - Washbrook Rd 1950s
	Compulsory Purchase		Canteen for USAF men 1953
	Staff Notes		Memories - Nigel Chettle - 1950s-60s
	Surveyor & Staff 1929		Mrs Minney - 1954
	Town - Rushden Centre		Town for Hard Work - 1955
	Officials & Establishments 1928		Memories - Horrell's
	Refuse Collectors Strike 1890		1959 - optimism
	Politics (index)		Memories - Spencer Park
	Suffragette Meeting 1911		Teenagers' Opinions!
	Polling - Northern & Southern Districts		1960s problems
	Polling District L - Rushden Court 1910		Roly Brawn - work in the 1960s
	Reform Bill 1910		Litter
	Official Inquiries 1912		High Street Improvements 1969
	Housing Report 1913		Memories 1970s - Peta Jellis
	National Register 1915		TV - "Hunter's Walk"
	Electoral Rolls - mainpage		V isit the Feast - "Ruzdin" style
	Absent Voters - mainpage		High Street Remembered 1986
	Rates Assessment 1928		Engineers - H Packwood 1988
	Dustmen's strike 1948		Grace Ashby
	A Xmas Card 1962		Hall Park Gate House
	Rates		Memories of High Street - Joyce Moore
	Rates - news & notes		Skeleton Found 1864
	Ratepayers' Assocation 1908 & 1967		Snippets
	Referendum E U 2016
	Rubbish Tip	Nuisances
	Memories of a clerk		News reports
	Lighting
		Rights of Way
			Foothpath Closed

Council - District - East Northants		Sales
	Chairman Greets The Queen in 1985		Sales - mainpage

County Council		Street Names & Surveys
	Works done at Rushden		Surveys & Notes
	District Councils 2021		Street Names in Census Records
			Street Names - Origins
Employment & Unemployment			Street Names - 1899
	Reports (in date order)		Street Names since 1901
	1920 and 1922		Street Re-numbering 1947-69
			High Street plans 1969
General Statistics			The High Street 2008/9
	Civil Registration		Lightstrung area 2018
	1892 & 1898
	District Births & Deaths	Surveys of Buildings & Lost Buildings
	Employment		Some Lost Buildings
	Census		House Transformed 1959
			Architectural Survey - 23 York Rd
Memorials			Industrial Architecture History - Essay 1999
	Amenities Society - Notecards		The Vyne - Architectural Study 1999
	Blue Plaques and Walk		Demolition - mainpage
	Commemoration Plaques		A Window
	Memorial Inscriptions - Cemetery
	Vann V.C. - Forgotten Hero?	Town
	War Memorial		Town Criers
	Rolls of Honour		Decorated Cycles

Weather		Unidentified Buildings
	Weather		Help wanted, please
	Diary Notes - Mr Eb. Knight 1869-70
	Diary Notes - Mr Crick 1872-1881	Walks
	Notes by J E Smith 1927-28		Town Walks with map
	1931 Earthquake