Rushden Research Group: History Index

Rushden
History & Development

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History		Development
	Pre-history to Domesday		Population (census & stats)
	Rushden Manors		Development 1890s
	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
	Rushden and Its Industry 1900		High Street Improvements 1902-1910
	The Fire 1901		Developments 1911
	1911 Rushden Town Guide		Housing Problems 1913
	Cemetery Report 1919		John Street area 1920
	History by Dr C R Fisher 1920s		Snippets
	Notes by J E Smith		Road Widening 1930
	Ditchford Bridge 1924		Church Parade 1959
	The Town in 1926		Park Avenue Estate 1931/32
	Rushden Enlarged & Beautifed 1930		Public Utilities - see Commerce Section
	The Budget 1931		Culverting the Sidney Brook 1969
	The Town in 1979		Town Lit Up - 1949
	Industrial Archaeology - WEA Course 1982		Roads - 1949
	A6 Bypass 1993		Links with Old Rushden 1950
	Timecapsules		Developments 1950s
	Industrial Architecture History - Essay 1999		Car Parks
	The Vyne - Architectural Study 1999		The Church Clock 1952
	The Views from St Mary's Tower 2008		Road Alterations
	(interactive e-book feature)		Redevelopment 1967
	Some Postcards		Regeneration 2011

Rushden Hall		Statistics
	Early Days		1892 & 1898
	Sale of Rushden Hall 1836		Employment
	Hall Park Gatehouse		Census
	Contents Sale 1929
	Property Sale 1929	Life in Rushden
	Hall & Grounds Open 1930		Memories of the 1860s - William Green
	Saving the Hall 1967		Christmas 1877 - 1882
	The Hall in 1971		Notes by J E Smith
	Hall - notes		Some Old Customs
			Letters - ref Queen Victoria's Jubilee 1887
Rushden Manor			94 High Street South
	Deeds - Introduction & Transcripts		Memories of the Town in the 1890s
			Pleasant Memories from 1895
Rushden from the Air			Ladies Column in the "Argus" 1897
	Queen Victoria Hotel area in 1979		High Street complaint - 1889
	The Town in 1984		High Street snippets
	Aerial Views 1950, 1988 & 1991		Passive Resistance - Education Act 1902
			Christmas Games - 1903
Parish Vestry Meetings			High Street 1905
	New Vestry Hall - Setting up		Rushden's Sorrow - King Edward VII
	Building the Vestry Hall 1875		Rushden & the New King 1910
	Vestry Meeting 1887		Women's Suffrage - Meeting 1910
	Response & Letters - ref Queen Victoria's Jubilee 1887		Out of Work in 1910
	Charities		Memories of George Skinner 1911
			Memories of Doris Watts 1918
Council & Local Government			News Snippets August 1919
	Electoral Roll 1834		House damaged by drought c1920
	New Vestry Hall 1875		Blackberrying 1926
	Rating Property 1878		Fern Road 1925-35 by Peter Waring
	Highway Board Report 1882		Rushden in the 1920s & 1930s
	Urban Status 1881 & 1890		New Beauty Spot 1930
	Urban District Council		Memories - Kim Harris
	Index of Meetings Reports		Roy Blenco - Memories of the 1930s and 40s
	Chairmen RUDC 1895 - 1973		Cromwell Road in World War II
	Urban Council Building 1905-6		Mr Robins' Chicken Farm 1939
	Urban District Council 1930		Memories - Margaret Clowes 1940s
	Councillors Civic Service		Memories - Mollie Smith 1940s
	Civic Service 1940		Memories - Wm S Ladds 1942
	Council Year Book 1970-1971		Diana Werf - poem
	Council Housing		Mud in Quorn Road - 1948
	Compulsory Purchase		Savings 1948
	Surveyor & Staff 1929		A Fifties Childhood
	Officials & Establishments 1928		The Louvre - 1950's
	Refuse Collectors Strike1890		Shilling Shortage 1950
	Politics		Christmas 1951
	Poll Book 1695		Rushden & Higham Mourn the King 1952
	Polls 1702-1705-1730-1748-1806		The Church Clock 1952
	Politics 1878 - 1884		Margaret Goodwin - Washbrook Road 1950s
	Liberal Meetings		High Street Improvements 1969
	Liberal Meetings 1881 & 1882		Memories 1970s - Peta Jellis
	Liberal Supporters 1885-1910		TV - "Hunter's Walk"
	Politics 1898		V isit the Feast - "Ruzdin" style
	Votes in 1898		High Street Remembered 1986
	Young Liberals 1906		Grace Ashby
	Suffragettes Meeting 1911		Hall Park Gate House
	Polling - Northern & Southern Districts		Memories of High Street - Joyce Moore
	Polling District L - Rushden Court 1910		Snippets
	Reform Bill 1910
	Housing Report 1913	Sales	(see also Land & Property Section)
	National Register 1915		Sale of Rushden Hall 1836
	Electoral Roll 1918		Sale of Shorthorns 1878
	Absent Voters 1918		Sale of China 1893
	Absent Voters 1919		Sale of Wood 1893
	Electoral Roll 1925 (Spring Register)
	Absent Voters 1925	Street Surveys & Names
	Rates Assessment 1928		Street Names in Census Records
	Election 1937		Street Names - Origins
	Dustmen's strike 1948		Street Names - 1899
	A Xmas Card 1962		Street Names since 1901
	Ratepayers Association 1967		Surveys & Notes

District Council - East Northants		Surveys of Buildings & Lost Buildings
	Chairman Greets The Queen in 1985		Some Lost Buildings
			House Transformed 1959
			Architectural Survey - 23 York Rd
			Floor Plan & machines
			Industrial Architecture History - Essay 1999
			The Vyne - Architectural Study 1999
Memorials			Demolition 2010
	Amenities Society - Notecards
	Blue Plaques	Weather
	Unveiling - Plaque to Mrs. Muxlow 2009		Weather
	Commemoration Plaques		Diary Notes - Mr Ebenezer Knight 1869-70
	Memorial Inscriptions - Cemetery		Diary Notes - Mr Crick 1872-1881
	War Memorial		Notes by J E Smith 1927-28
			1931 Earthquake