Rushden Research Group: Wellingborough Road

Wellingborough Road

and House Name plaques

Colin Bryant Collection - Courtesy of Rushden Museum

c1950s - In 1883 four Almshouses were built to commemorate Frederick Maitland Sartoris, and two farm workers houses before extensions were done in the 1970s.

Marked places:
Almshouses	red
Adult School	yellow
Boot Factory	blue
Home Farm
Rushden Hall	pink
Village Green	green
Old Prims Chapel	magenta
Wheatsheaf Inn	cyan
The old village green, where a small chapel stood, is now the War Memorial and garden.

The start of Wellingborough Road from the Green c1888.

Wellingborough Road - undated but for The King - 1902 or 1910/11?

This fine postcard dated 1914 shows the area from the church. In the foreground and right is Church Street.

The little building fronting the road at the lowest point is "The Lightstrung", for many years where all buses stopped for all routes, and right of that is the house John White converted into his first factory.

In the distance is Glassbrook Road. Almost centre of picture can be seen some washing hanging in the gardens of Thrift Cottages, a row of seven almshouses. To the left of them, fronting the Wellingborough Road, are four more almshouses, the gift of Frederick Urban Sartoris, squire at Rushden Hall, in memory of his son.

1914 postcard - note the fields - built on in the 1930s


	Rebuilt 1889 W C - no 29
William Claridge built his factory here and added a new warehouse in 1879 - part was rebuilt in 1889.

1887 Plan of Freehold Building Land to be sold

74 plots of Freehold Building Land with frontage to Wellingborough and four other streets to be sold by auction at the Wagon & Horses Inn on Tuesday 30^th August 1887 at “three for four o’clock” in the afternoon.
Left of the map is "Victoria Street" but it was actually called Fitzwilliam Street. Across the middle is Moor Road with Lancaster Street and Dayton Street joining through to Wellingborough Road at the top of the map.

Miss Harris' drapery at no 144 - Reid's at 142 Wellingborough Road at corner of Dayton Street c1920

c1920 - perhaps all on their way to the Mission Church?
They seem to be in their "Sunday best" clothes

Another early postcard


Bayes - no 78	Gladstone Terrace 1878 - nos 80-92	West View 1886 - nos 110 & 112


Gladstone Terrace 1878 - nos 80-92	78 refurbished as Bayes Appartments in 2009

Brookfield - 155 Wellingborough Road in 2009
originally designed by Herbert Adnit for Mr William Hewitt as two houses

The Mission Church - Wellingborough Road 2009

For more about

Wellingborough Road

see

1910 Valuations
and
Phillipson's Directory 1908

AED 1891 - 173 called Hazelhurst

175 Linden House built in 1895

c1905/10 by Sam Powell - The Co-op Store left at corner of Windmill Road

c1905/10 adjoins the previous view - the shop is F Collins

Mr Gates' warehouse - first building on the left

The building was taken over by Wildman & Bugby in 1942.

Wildman and Bugby

They moved out in 2015, and have since redeveloped the site, and named 'Wildman Court' housing.


204 & 202 South View 1892	Oakley Arms c1960

		(left) Lovell's Buildings 1893 which adjoin the Oakley Cash Stores of Tailby & Putnam at 219 Wellingborough Road. The houses were probably built by James Lovell, a shoe manufacturer, who died in 1898. His son John was the landlord when a fire at Mr Brightwell's occurred in 1904. Around the corner from the stores in Irchester Road another terrace, called Lovell's Buildings, was built in 1894.
214 & 212 built in 1888	211 - 213 - 215 - 217


Looking down from Irchester Road junction with Westbourne Grove right.	Westbourne Grove - at the Oakley junction Numbers are 224 - 260

The western part of the road was developed from 1897.


262 Westhill	278 built in 1989 (infill)


276 Glenhurst House also on the gate posts		Glenhurst House


247 Ivanhoe	267 Dean House	271 Rokeby House

Rushden Echo 30^th September 1921, transcribed by Susan Manton

For Sale by Private Treaty - 249 Welingborough Road

The newly erected Semi-detached Villa Residence known as “Rosslyn” and situate 249 Wellingborough Road, Rushden, of brick, pebbledash, and slate erection now in the occupation of Mr. Joseph Ladds, the owner, and containing drawing and dining rooms, kitchen, scullery, 3 bedrooms, bath room, box room, and the usual domestic offices, with motor garage at the rear. There is a side entrance from Gordon Road.

Possession may be obtained on 10^th October next. Permit to view and further particulars from John S. Mason, Auctioneers and Estate Agent 30, High Street, Rushden.

Wellingborough Road, looking towards the Oakley from St Peter's Avenue, c1970s.
It was marked by Arthur George to be trimmed for a postcard.
The notice board (left) reads "Rushden U D C Sewage Treatment Works"

This open ground (left) is now built on - St Nicholas Way & The Paddocks - with
Heatherbreea (see below) at the outskirts of town.


Postcard of 'Heatherbreea' - John Clark used it as a Xmas greeting but unused so no date - c1905? Land adjoining was a sand pit, and here John Clark had his brickworks.
The grounds of the house have been built on - see Heatherbreea Gardens

Rushden Brick & Tile Co location, shown on an Ordnance Survey map of 1927

Rushden Brickworks and tramway, shown on a map of 1927
John Clark lived at Heatherbreea House

Memories - Barry Postle - W'boro Rd

Street Re-numbering

Street Surveys and Notes