Rushden
History & Development

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History			Development
	Dates & Milestones			Maps
	Pre-history to Domesday			Population (census & stats)
	A Thousand Years of Rushden			Council Plans 1888-1938
	Grade II Listed Buildings
	History of Rushden - John Cole - 1838			"Hearts & Soles"
	Brief history of Higham Park See also the main section on Higham Park			To read about the growth of Non-conformity which accompanied the growth of the Shoe Trade 1881-1901, click here
	1911 Rushden Town Guide			Statistics 1892 & 1897
	The Court Estate		Life in Rushden
	Timecapsules			94 High Street South
	Rushden & Higham Ferrers
	Hamlet of Knuston - 1838			Passive Resistance - Education Act 1902
	The Town in 1979			Ladies Column in the "Argus" 1897
	Industrial Architecture History - Essay 1999			High Street complaint - 1889
	Industrial Archaeology - WEA Course 1982			High Street 1905
	Ditchford Bridge 1924			Blackberrying 1926
	A6 Bypass			Roy Blenco
	The Vyne - Architectural Study			Memories of Doris Watts 1918
Rushden Manor				Notes by J E Smith
	Deeds - Introduction & Transcripts			House damaged by drought c1920
				Fern Road 1925-35 by Peter Waring
Rushden Hall				Rushden in the 1920s & 1930s
	Sale of Rushden Hall 1836			Memories - Kim Harris
	Contents Sale 1929			Cromwell Road in World War II
	Property Sale 1929			Memories - Margaret Clowes 1940s
	Hall & Grounds Open 1930			A Fifties Childhood
Council & Local Government				The Louvre - 1950's
	Poll Book 1695			Memories 1970s - Peta Jellis
	Electoral Roll 1834			Visit the Feast - "Ruzdin" style
	Chairmen RUDC 1895 - 1973			High Street Remembered
	Refuse Collectors Strike1890			Grace Ashby
	Liberal Meeting 1889			Hall Park Gate House
	Liberal Supporters
	Politics
	Politics 1898		Weather
	Votes in 1898			Diary Notes - Mr Ebenezer Knight 1869-70
	Urban Council Building 1906			Storm in June 1891
	Electoral Roll 1918			Storms in June 1900
	Absent Voters 1918			Flood - Duck Street 1903
	Absent Voters 1919			Thunder Storms 1905
	Electoral Roll 1925 (Spring Register)			Aurora 1907
	Absent Voters 1925			Zodiacal Light 1908
	Rates Assessment 1928			The Great Storm of 1916
	Urban District Council 1930			Blizzard 1916
	Election 1937			Earthquake in 1922
	A Xmas Card 1962			Holiday weather 1922
				Storms in July 1923
Street Survey & Names				Gale 1925
	Street Names in Census Records			Whirlwind 1925
	Street Names - 1899			Skating to Work 1927
	Street Names since 1901			Heavy Rain 1927
	Harborough Road 1993			Weather
	King's Place - A short history			Notes 1927-28 by J E Smith
Memorials			Sales
	Blue Plaques & other memorials			Sale of Rushden Hall 1836
				Sale of China 1893
				Sale of Wood 1893