Rushden Research Group: land sale 1881 Duck Street area

Building Plots - Sale 1881

Rushden, Near Wellingborough, Northamptonshire
Two miles from the Irchester Station on the Midland Railway, and 2½ miles from Higham Ferrers
Particulars, Plans and Conditions of sale
VALUABLE PLOTS OF BUILDING LAND
Most Eligibly Situate At Rushden
To be sold by Auction
Messrs. Stafford & Rogers
AT THE WAGON AND HORSES INN,
Rushden, On Friday the 12th day of August 1881
At Four For Five O'clock In The Afternoon Precisely
Lot 1.	A VALUABLE PLOT OF BUILDING LAND Having a Frontage of 30 feet to the Wellingborough Road, bounded on the West by Mr G Bayes and North and East by the estate of the Hon. C W W Fitzwilliam
Lot 2.	A Similar Plot adjoining Lot 1.
Lot 3.	A Similar Plot adjoining Lot 2.
Lot 4.	A similar Plot adjoining Lot 3.
Lot 5.	A VALUABLE PLOT OF BUILDING LAND Having a Frontage to Duck Street of 30 feet, and bounded on the North, South and West by the estate of the Hon. C W W Fitzwilliam
Lot 6.	A similar Plot adjoining Lot 5.
Lot 7.	A similar Plot adjoining Lot 6.
Lot 8.	A Plot adjoining Lot 7, with Fronlage of about 16 ft.
Lot 9.	ALL THOSE TWO COTTAGES, WITH BUILDING LAND Having a Frontage of 59 ft. 6 in. to Duck Street
Lot 10.	ALL THAT PLOT OF VALUABLE BUILDING GROUND Having a Frontage of 28ft. 10 in. to the Town Street, and Depth of 90 ft.
Lot 11.	A similar Plot adjoining Lot 10, with a Frontage of 30ft. To the Town Street and a Depth of 90ft. Forming a frontage to the proposed New Road [West Street]
Lot 12.	A similar plot near Lot 11.
Lot 13.	A large Plot adjoining Lot 12, with Frontage of 29ft. 4in. to the Town Street and width at road of 60ft.
Lot 14.	A PLOT OF BUILDING LAND With Frontage of 30 ft. to the New Road, and adjoining Lots 10 and 11, having a Depth of about 88 ft. 6in.
Lot 15	A similar Plot adjoining Lot 14, with Depth of 94 ft. 6 in.
Lot 16.	A similar Plot adjoining Lot 15, with Depth of 99 ft.
Lot 17.	A similar Plot, with Frontage of 30ft. to New Road, and Depth of about 96 ft.
Lot 18.	A similar Plot adjoining Lot 17, with Depth of 96 ft
Lot 19.	A similar Plot adjoining Lot 18, with Depth of 96 ft. 6 in.
[Note: it is believed that Charles Bayes, builder purchased lots 1 & 2 at this sale for £90]

Town Street is now High Street, and the new road is West Street, off High Street.

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1 - 4	The lots for sale	5 - 8	9	15 - 19	10 - 14

The area of the plots for sale

1881 plan showing Blousic Farm with lots 5-8 — the other side of Duck Street lot 9, and the brook

Town Street later High Street

New Road later West Street

Lots 10 -13

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Lots 16-19

< Denton's Farm,
outbuildings
& stables


<	House known as 'Rushden Cottage'

< Willmott's

< Litchfield's

<Footway now College Street

Plan Showing West Street and High Street

High Street Lots

For an 1886 plan of the east side of High Street see Lawton's Farm