- This page gives an overview of the project since it began in 2007, and tracks its progress. An IT Kiosk was installed at Rushden Museum on 1st May 2009. This completed the Heritage Lottery Funded project, but we will continue to add to the website as long as we have material to process. We have also issued a DVD "A History of Rushden". [click here for a DVD Order Form]
Latest News
18.01.2012 - Happy New Year. Lots of updates this time have photos added courtesy of Ian Langdon in Australia, most being in in Business and Commerce or History. In Churches, Education, Land, People, and there are a few updated pages andShoetradeGenealogy there are 4 new will transcripts. In the War section several updates of Memorial Men's pages and war shrine pages, and additions to other pages. In Villages more obituaries and the Higham Ferrers 1881 census, plus lots of updated pages round off this update.
- 14.12.2011 - Updates in most sections again, plus Zoning of schools in 1931 in Education, more Council Meetings 1931 and 1952-1953 when post-war development was well underway in History. The 1953 Coronation and lots of photos of Mission Church shows in Leisure, 18 new obituaries in People, and in the War section hear the memories of Chris Glidle who was helped by the Dutch Resistance in 1944, plus gravestone pictures added for several of the WWI memorial men, more obituaries and census pages in the Villages section. "Happy Christmas" and happy browsing on our website. If you have something to contribute, we'd be pleased to hear from you!
- 02.12.2011 - An error in the indexes of WWII Enlistments was brought to our attention and has now been corrected. If you failed to find someone, please re-check.
- 15.11.2011 - A few more Scout pictures and some Eaton's Social events are new in Leisure; in People an interview from 1993 with Fred Dickens then aged 104, several obituaries and wedding reports; Eaton's Roll of Honour and some WWII promotions are new in War. The Villages section has some new Census pages added, and the 1901 census and each village index has been reorganised. As usual, minor updates occur in all sections.
- 28.20.2011 - Education has the last of Bob Whitworth's Denfield Scrapbooks and an Alfred Street Reunion 2011, Land has an article about Holly Road, in the Leisure section 4th Rushden Boy's Brigade is new, plus a few outings reports, in People Wm Sherwood and the Mee family are new. A few updated pages end this short update - due to several of the team taking a holiday!
- 29.09.2011 - In Business and Commerce all but one of the telephone numbers up to 200 are now identified, in Churches there is a report of a dispute in 1900 at the Succoth Baptist Church. Education has a report by the children on Alfred Street School in 1962 which includes a journey from Australia to England, and a visit to Sywell waterworks, new in Health & Welfare the Rushden Hospital Mortuary Book, in History photos of the surveyor and his staff 1929. More obituaries and several weddings are new in People, and in the War section more on the Boer War. In Villages several new pages in people, commerce and obituaries. Most sections have some pages updated this time. [Site stats for August showed 5,798 unique visitors made 10,895 visits, and they viewed 36,761 pages]
- 02.09.2011 - Business and Commerce has a few more local business pages, and some adverts, in Churches there is an interesting item about the Baptist Church organ and its builder, in Genealogy the memorial walls are updated and, in History memories of 1895. More obituaries and weddings are new in People. New in the War section notes from 1915 by Pte H Rowthorne, prisoners returning, and the Armistice in Cairo, plus several pictures added to various pages. More obituaries and several obituaries and another census has been added in Villages. The usual minor updates to existing pages in most other sections.
- 11.08.2011 - In Business and Commerce there are more additions in Early Businesses; in the Leisure section there are more pictures of the 1950s scouts, and a few football pictures; more obituaries and a golden wedding are new in People, and several obituaries in Villages where there is also an interesting item on the old burial grounds of Raunds and 1931 deaths, and more census records. There are the usual minor additions to some pages in most sections.
- 26.07.2011 - In Business and Commerce there are more additions in Early Businesses, a retirement and another Denfield Scrapbook is new in Education, in History memories of the 1890s, in Land and Property more pictures of family at 'Eastfields', and a bungalow built in 1958. Football, cricket and British Legion all have new pictures in the Leisure section. More obituaries and a golden wedding are new in People, and several additions to existing pages in Shoetrade. Some additional information is added to several War Memorial Men pages and prisoners of WWI in the War section, an article on evacuees and an outing in Newton Bromswold, a fire, a few obituaries, new pictures at Podington Airbase, and lots more census pages are in Villages, with the usual minor additions to pages in most sections.
- 09.07.2011 - In Business and Commerce there are several picutres added, a trade directory 1957 and some adverts from 1930s, in Churches the Pledge Book, and a few minor additions. Another Denfield Scrapbook is new in Education, additions to Windmill Club, Athletic Club, swimming pool and scouts in Leisure, with more on Rushden in WWII and a Roll of Honour for the Windmill Club new in the War section, and more village censuses are new in Villages.
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