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Trade Directories: |
National Commercial, 1830 |
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Independent Wesleyan Church, Rushden (Methodist) |
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Higham Ferrers Methodist Circuit, Northants CRO HFMC No.6 |
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Deed of Conveyance |
Trustees Minutes Book from 1889 |
Independent Wesleyan Mission Hall |
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Minute Book of the Band of Hope |
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‘Memoirs, Leaves from a Bandsman's Diary’, E.A. Panter, probably written c.1943 or 4. |
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The Club and Institute Journal, 1952, Official Organ of the Club and Institute Union |
Rushden Working Mens’ Club |
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Ledger from 1896 |
Minute Book 1898-1907 |
Rushden Athletic Club |
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Exctract from The Grub Institute of Behavioural Studies P114/17 Project on the Task of the Church. Report to the Steering Committee, March, 1971. |
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