Rushden is an extensive village and parish, distant about three-quarters of a mile from Higham Ferrers. The population in 1851 was 1,400, and the number of acres about 3,680. The manufacture of boots and shoes is carried on here to a considerable extent. Rushden Hall is an ancient mansion, pleasantly situated, and is in the Elizabethan style; here is shown the lantern supposed to belong to Guy Faux. The Church, dedicated to the Virgin Mary. Is a very fine structure, and consists of nave, transepts, aisles, choir, and three porches, with a tower, containing a peal of six bells, and a handsome spire, about 200 feet high; in the interior are several ancient monuments to the Ekins, Fletcher, and Pemberton families; the church was, at one time, collegiate. The living is a rectory, in the gift of the Lord Chancellor; the present incumbent is the Rev. George Edward Downe, M.A. The Wesleyans and Baptists have chapels here.
Post Office—Thomas Packwood, postmaster. Letters through Higham Ferrers.
| ALDERMAN |
G A |
Esquire |
| BAKER |
Henry |
shopkeeper & beer retailer |
| BAYES |
Joseph |
mason |
| BUTCHER |
R O |
grocer |
| BURTON |
Thomas |
grocer |
| BRADFIELD |
Rev. Mr |
Baptist minister |
| CAVE |
John |
shoe manufacturer |
| CLARKE |
Joseph |
carpenter |
| CHAPMAN |
Thomas |
woolstapler & beer retailer |
| CHETTLE |
Joseph |
draper |
| COLSON |
William |
wholesale boot & shoe manufacturer |
| CURTIS |
John |
wheelwright |
| DARNELL |
Frederick |
butcher |
| DAY |
George |
farmer |
| DAY |
Joseph |
farmer & carrier |
| DEARLOVE |
John |
farmer |
| DENTON |
Benjamin |
leather seller, shoe manufacturer, grocer &c |
| DICKENS |
Daniel |
farmer |
| DOWNE |
George |
Rev, MA, Rector |
| FACER |
George |
inn keeper & tailor - Coach & Horses Inn |
| FACER |
William |
blacksmith |
| FOSKETT |
Mary Ann |
(Mrs) |
| FOSKETT |
William |
builder |
| FISHER |
Nicholas |
farmer |
| GODDING |
Henry |
Esquire |
| GREEN |
Joseph |
miller |
| GROSS |
John |
farmer |
| HEWITT |
James |
watch & clock maker |
| HIGGINS |
Joseph |
Rose & Crown Inn |
| KNIGHT |
John |
broker |
| KNIGHT |
Samuel |
carpenter |
| LAUGHTON |
William |
plumber |
| LAYTON |
Thomas |
farmer |
| LENTON |
Henry |
corn factor |
| LENTON |
William |
carrier & beer retailer |
| LEWIS |
Charles |
blacksmith |
| MADDOCK |
Whitbread |
boot & shoe maker |
| MARGETS |
Thomas |
mason |
| MASON |
Michael |
farmer & maltster |
| MOORE |
Thomas |
miller |
| PACKWOOD |
George |
relieving officer |
| PACKWOOD |
Joseph |
parish clerk |
| PACKWOOD |
Thomas |
postmaster |
| PASILOW |
Richard |
wheelwright & beer retailer |
| PERKINS |
George |
boot & shoe maker |
| RADBURN & Son |
|
grocers & drapers |
| RICE |
Daniel |
Wheatsheaf Inn |
| ROBINSON |
George |
corn dealer & grazier |
| ROOTHAM |
James |
baker |
| SARTORIS |
Frederick U |
Esquire |
| SHARP |
Daniel |
leather cutter |
| SHERWOOD |
William |
boot & shoe maker |
| SKINNER |
Morris |
grocer |
| SKINNER |
George |
butcher |
| SMITH |
John |
boot & shoe manufacturer |
| SMITH |
Mary |
(Mrs) |
| STURGESS |
Miss |
|
| SYKES |
Owen |
butcher |
| TAILBY |
George |
wheelwright |
| TAILBY |
Joseph |
farmer |
| TIRRELL |
Samuel |
blacksmith |
| WALKER |
John |
corn dealer |
| WAGSTAFF |
Owen |
beer retailer |
| WHITING |
Morris |
Waggon & Horses Inn |
| WHITE |
John |
stationer |
| WOOD |
James |
carrier |
| WRIGHT |
William |
baker |
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