Rushden Research Group: History Index

Rushden
History & Development

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History		Development
	Pre-history to Domesday		Population (census & stats)
	Rushden Manors		Developments - mainpage
	Rushden & Higham Ferrers		Council Plans 1888-1938
	A Thousand Years of Rushden		Statistics 1878 - 1897
	Grade II Listed Buildings		'Hearts & Soles'
	Brief history of Higham Park See also the main section on Higham Park		To read about the growth of Non-conformity alongside the Shoe Trade 1881-1901, click here
	The Court Estate		Parochial Committee
	History by J Bridges 1791		Lighting the Town 1880
	Wymington Road Windmill 1793-1915		Footpaths 1880
	History of Rushden - John Cole - 1838		Proposed Baths and Warehouse 1895
	Hamlet of Knuston - 1838		Roads - Government Enquiry 1895
	Wm Green - Memories of the 1860s		Water Supply
	Census Act 1881		Road Widening 1909
	Retrospect of 1889		High Street Improvements 1902-1910
	Rushden and Its Industry 1891 & 1900		Road changes (mainpage)
	The Fire 1901		Housing Problems 1913
	1911 Rushden Town Guide		John Street area 1920
	Cemetery Report 1919		Prospect Avenue 1924
	History by Dr C R Fisher 1920s		Snippets
	Notes byJ E Smith		Park Avenue Estate 1931/32
	Ditchford Bridge 1924		Public Utilities - see Commerce Section
	The Town in 1926		Culverting the Sidney Brook 1969
	Rushden Enlarged & Beautifed 1930		Town Lit Up - 1949
	The Budget 1931		Roads - 1949
	Roman finds in 1953 & 1970		Links with Old Rushden 1950
	"Spotlight on Rushden" 1955		Car Parks
	The Town in 1979		The Church Clock 1952
	Industrial Archaeology - WEA Course 1982		Building Boom 1955
	A6 Bypass 1993		New Street Lights 1956
	Timecapsules		Overspill?
	Industrial Architecture History - Essay 1999		Redevelopment 1967
	The Vyne - Architectural Study 1999		Tree Planting 1992
	Some Postcards		The High Street 2008/9
	The Views from St Mary's Tower 2008		Regeneration 2011
	(interactive e-book feature)

Rushden Manors		Statistics
	Rushden Manors		1892 & 1898
	Deeds - Introduction & Transcripts		District Births & Deaths
	Courts		Employment
			Census

Rushden Hall		Life in Rushden
	Introduction		Memories of the 1860s - William Green
	Early Days		Christmas 1877 - 1882
	Sale of Rushden Hall 1836		Notes by J E Smith
	Hall Park Gatehouse		Some Old Customs
	Contents Sale 1929		Memories 1875-1885 - Walter Green
	Property Sale 1929		Memories of 1879 - John Mead
	Hall & Grounds Open 1930		Letters - ref Queen Victoria's Jubilee 1887
	Saving the Hall 1967		Rushden in 1887
	The Hall in 1971		94 High Street South
	Hall - News & Notes		Pleasant Memories from 1895
			Ladies Column in the "Argus" 1897
Rushden from the Air			High Street complaint - 1889
	Queen Victoria Hotel area in 1979		Memories of the Town in the 1890s
	The Town in 1984		Memories 1890s - R E Bayes
	Aerial Views 1950, 1988 & 1991		High Street snippets
			Fire Relief Fund 1901
Parish Vestry Meetings			Passive Resistance - Education Act 1902
	New Vestry Hall - Setting up		Christmas Games - 1903
	Building the Vestry Hall 1875		High Street 1905
	Vestry Meeting 1887		Postcards of High Street
	Response & Letters - ref Queen Victoria's Jubilee 1887		Rushden's Sorrow - King Edward VII
	Charities		Rushden & the New King 1910
			Women's Suffrage - Meeting 1910
Council & Local Government			Out of Work in 1910
	Electoral Roll 1834		Memories of George Skinner 1911
	New Vestry Hall 1875		Memories of Doris Watts 1918
	Rating Property 1878		News Snippets August 1919
	Highway Board Report 1882		House damaged by drought c1920
	Urban Status 1881 & 1890		Unemployed Marchers visit Rushden 1922
	Urban District Council		Blackberrying 1926
	Index of Meetings Reports		Fern Road 1925-35 by Peter Waring
	Chairmen RUDC 1895 - 1973		Rushden in the 1920s & 1930s
	Urban Council Building 1905-6		Memories of the Baker Brothers 1928
	Urban District Council 1930		New Beauty Spot 1930
	Councillors Civic Service		Memories - Kim Harris
	Album - some works 1945-50		Roy Blenco - Memories of the 1930s and 40s
	Councillors 1954		Cromwell Road in World War II
	Chairmen - gallery		Mr Robins' Chicken Farm 1939
	Council Year Book 1970-1971		Memories - Margaret Clowes 1940s
	Council Housing		Memories - Mollie Smith 1940s
	Compulsory Purchase		Memories - Wm S Ladds 1942
	Surveyor & Staff 1929		Dinah van der Werf - poem
	Officials & Establishments 1928		Mud in Quorn Road - 1948
	Refuse Collectors Strike1890		Savings 1948
	Politics		A Fifties Childhood
	Poll Book 1695		The Louvre - 1950's
	Polls 1702-1705-1730-1748-1806		Shilling Shortage 1950
	Politics 1878 - 1884		Christmas 1951
	Liberal Meetings		Rushden & Higham Mourn the King 1952
	Liberal Meetings 1881 & 1882		The Church Clock 1952
	Liberal Supporters 1885-1910		Margaret Goodwin - Washbrook Road 1950s
	Politics 1898		Town for Hard Work - 1955
	Votes in 1898		1959 - optimism
	Young Liberals 1906		Teenagers' Opinions!
	Suffragettes Meeting 1911		Litter
	Polling - Northern & Southern Districts		High Street Improvements 1969
	Polling District L - Rushden Court 1910		Memories 1970s - Peta Jellis
	Reform Bill 1910		TV - "Hunter's Walk"
	Housing Report 1913		V isit the Feast - "Ruzdin" style
	National Register 1915		High Street Remembered 1986
	Electoral Roll 1918		Grace Ashby
	Absent Voters 1918		Hall Park Gate House
	Absent Voters 1919		Memories of High Street - Joyce Moore
	Electoral Roll 1925 (Spring Register)		Snippets
	Absent Voters 1925
	Rates Assessment 1928	Sales
	Election 1937		Sales - mainpage
	Dustmen's strike 1948
	A Xmas Card 1962	Street Names & Surveys
	Ratepayers Association 1967		Surveys & Notes
	Memories of a clerk		Street Names in Census Records
			Street Names - Origins
County Council			Street Names - 1899
	Works done at Rushden		Street Names since 1901
			The High Street 2008/9

District Council - East Northants		Surveys of Buildings & Lost Buildings
	Chairman Greets The Queen in 1985		Some Lost Buildings
			House Transformed 1959
Memorials			Architectural Survey - 23 York Rd
	Amenities Society - Notecards		Floor Plan & machines
	Blue Plaques		Industrial Architecture History - Essay 1999
	Unveiling - Plaque to Mrs. Muxlow 2009		The Vyne - Architectural Study 1999
	Commemoration Plaques		Demolition - mainpage
	Memorial Inscriptions - Cemetery
	War Memorial	Weather
			Weather
			Diary Notes - Mr Ebenezer Knight 1869-70
			Diary Notes - Mr Crick 1872-1881
			Notes by J E Smith 1927-28
			1931 Earthquake