Rushden Research Group: Queen Street plaques

Survey of plaques 2011

Queen Street - Name & Date Plaques

Laid out 1886
on land formerly belonging to Thomas Lawton (or Laughton)

Approaching Rushden from Higham Ferrers, 50 years ago, one passed a few cottages, known as "The Rookery," before coming to Mason's Farm, which was situated where the Victoria Hotel now stands. Then there was Denton's Farm, the original farmhouse having stood until recently.

Laughton's Farm was where Queen-street now runs, and finally there was Smith's Farm standing where Griffith-street now is. These farm properties stretched a long way towards the eastern end of the village and, with certain exceptions, adjoined.

Not far from Laughton's Farm were limestone pits. There are still traces of these pits which were afterwards used as rubbish dumps, so that there are now houses in Queen-street which have been built upon innumerable old saucepans and pots and pans.


The King Edward VII stands close to the factory of Grenson, on the corner of Queen Street and Cromwell Road,


		Central Buildings at 2 Queen Street were built in 1895

Ivy Cottage - No 8 - in 2019
Former home of the Chubb Family

Blue Plaque on No 26


	No 34 - Henry Hobbs made shoes at this property in 1898. He later sold fruit and greengrocery from about 1904 to 1914. Please can you help with more information?


Nos 128 - 130 Sydenham Terrace built in 1895 Terrace implies rather more than a pair, so perhaps the 6 cottages pictured right comprise the Terrace? (124-134)

The King Edward with
156 adjoining, 154 and 152.

The Keech family lived at 156 in the 1950s.

Albert Timpson, the Captain of the
Fire Brigade, lived at 154.

Jack Green moved to 152 in the 1890s, and remained there until his death in 1930.


	Mr. Geoff Abbott, lived at No.29 and at one time operated a well-known dairy from the rear of the premises
Geoff told us that: Although 'Dean Cottage' is over two houses, No.29 is Dean Cottage. No.31 was not built until sometime later, on Mr. Packwood's orchard : he lived at No.33.



Nos 35 - 37 built in 1887	Date stones	No 59 built in 1887


	Handel House built in 1887 No 47 and No 49 William Skinner lived at 47


No 53 Queen Street was built in 1890 and called Morley House


	No 131 built in 1898


	Date plaque & name plaque No.139

	Nos 137 & 139 Queen Street. Rose Cottage built in 1898 and Boscombe House in 1896



Also built in 1900 Nos 133 & 135		Built in 1900 - No 159 to 163 Mabel Cottage is No 163

Nos 147 & 149 May Cottages	May Cottages built 1891	Phoenix Cottages - Nos 153 to 157

A former danger spot in-as-much that it was a blind corner at the junction of the Rectory Road and Queen Street crossroads, now presents this attractively developed site.
The scarlet geraniums, the white seats-and a pair of shapely legs-attracted our photographer’s eye. The brightening of Rushden’s ‘bare street corners’ is one suggestion for a permanent Coronation memorial.

The Rushden Echo and Argus, 11th July 1952, trans cribed by Gill Hollis

To Citadel’s Memory
A letter was received from the Salvation Army at Wednesday’s Council meeting asking that the Corps might have permission to purchase one of the seats on the site of the old citadel at the junction of Rectory Road and Queen Street and to place on it a suitably inscribed plaque.

Councillor O. A. H. Muxlow said it would be a nice gesture if the council gave the seat as a gift to the Salvation Army.

Councillor A. Green, who is an officer in the Corps, said they would wish to purchase it: “It is of sentimental interest to the members,” he said, “and we would like it to perpetuate the memory of our old citadel.”

Councillor J. Allen the chairman, then said that the council would be happy to fall in with the Corps’ wishes.

see also Survey 1994

Re-numbering 1958

Street Surveys & Notes