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A History of Rushden -
"Hearts and Soles"

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Click here for tdetails of the history and development of the town, plus personal memories of Rushden through the years
Click here for details of Land, Property, Tax and Valuations
Jacques & Clark shoe factory. Click here for details of the show trade in Rushden
Rushden Catholic Church. Click here for details of churches and chapels in the town
Tennyson Nursery in 1944. Click here for the story of education in Rushden

Click here for details of health and welfare services in Rushden
Rushden Fire Brigade in the 1950s. Click here for details of Fire and Police services, plus reports of crimes, accidents and emergencies
Barry Miller's hairdressers in the High Street. Click here for retail, business, commerce and local industry, plus public utilities like gas, electricity and water
Smallholder in Avenue Road. Click here for family history information currently available on the site
Click here for people & family information currently available on the site

Rushden Amateurs c.1960. Click here for this and other clubs, societies and leisure activities
Rushden station 2007. Click here for the history of transport and haulage in the town
Local members of the Northants Regiment in the First World War. Click here for other information available on Rushden in wartime throughout the ages
Newton Road - Court Estate. One of the Strickland boys driving a pig in the 1950s
 Higham Park Farm. Click here for the history of Higham Park

 
The 305th Bombardment Group Memorial at Chelveston. Click here for the history of Chelveston. 
Newton Bromswold School in the 1920s. Click here for the history of this village 
Yelden Church. Click here for the history of Yeldon. 
 
 
 

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