Rushden Research Group: Park Road plaques

Survey of plaques 2010

Park Road & Little Street - Name & Date Plaques

Park Road was the street leading to Harborough Park Road. The latter dropped "park" from its name to become Harborough Road. Park Road was a continuation south from Back Way renamed as Rectory Road after John Barker, rector of St Mary's Church built a new rectory house there in 1871.


	Park Road Stores - No 48 East Grove 1877	Cherry Orchard Cottages 1885 Nos 86-88

In 1956, next to Cherry Orchard Cottages, the Council built eleven bungalows.

Chapel House - originally the

School & Assembly Room

at the

Old Baptist Church

left: the rear of the building

This plaque marks the partnership between
Servite Houses
and East Northamptonshire Council
as celebrated on 28th September 2000
Chapel House conversion forms part of the Council’s
Empty Property Strategy

Chapel House - 72

Right is part of the Southfields complex. These flats were built on the land where 50 prefabs (the white buildings centre of the aerial picture) once stood.

The row of cottages seen to the right of the prefabs is those detailed below. The tallest is the Co-op shop.

East side of Park Road


Clifton Ville A D 1898	Cliftonville - corner of Essex Road & Park Road - formerly the home of Frederick Corby. In 2010 a residental home with a large extension.


	Industrial Cottages built in 1892 - Nos 79 - 85 - which adjoined the Co-op Shop


Belmont Cottage No 87

Claremont Cottage No 89	Belmont & Claremont built in 1886


Shamrock Villas built in 1887 Nos 91 & 93


	Hawarden Cottages Nos 95 & 97 built 1888


The corner house of Park Road has its door in Harborough Road - it was built in 1885

Little Street

Around the next corner below Park Road is Little Street.
This building has its house entrance in Harborough Road, with an impressive shop frontage in Little Street.


Built in 1888 By Mr Bayes as a general store, was No 1 Harborough Road	D Sherwood - Antiques Centre Now No 59 Little Street

Also in Little Street is The Old Rectory, which has a date stone 1897 when it was remodelled.

Street Surveys & Notes