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"RUSHDEN, a parish in the hundred of Higham-Ferrers, county Northampton, 1½ mile S. of Higham-Ferrers, its post town. It is an extensive parish, and its staple trade is the manufacture of boots and shoes for the neighbouring towns of Higham-Ferrers and Wellingborough. Rushden is mentioned in Domesday Book, and was a seat of the Dukes of Lancaster. A considerable trade is carried on in coal, timber, and corn, by means of the river Nene, which flows through the parish. The substratum contains blue limestone, which is quarried for building purposes. The tithes were commuted for land and a money payment, under an Enclosure Act in 1778, and the glebe contains 400 acres of inferior land. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough, value £350, in the patronage of the lord chancellor. The church, dedicated to the Virgin Mary, was formerly collegiate. It is a cruciform structure, with a tower, surmounted by a crocketed spire over 190 feet in height, and containing six bells. The interior of the church contains three early English stalls, and various monuments and tombs of the Pemberton, Ekins, Fletcher, and Williams families. The parochial charities produce about £26 per annum. There are places of worship for the General and Particular Baptists and Wesleyans. Rushden Hall is the principal residence." [Transcribed from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868 by Colin Hinson ©2010]

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The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868

"RUSHDEN, a parish in the hundred of Higham-Ferrers, county Northampton, 1½ mile S. of Higham-Ferrers, its post town. It is an extensive parish, and its staple trade is the manufacture of boots and shoes for the neighbouring towns of Higham-Ferrers and Wellingborough. Rushden is mentioned in Domesday Book, and was a seat of the Dukes of Lancaster. A considerable trade is carried on in coal, timber, and corn, by means of the river Nene, which flows through the parish. The substratum contains blue limestone, which is quarried for building purposes. The tithes were commuted for land and a money payment, under an Enclosure Act in 1778, and the glebe contains 400 acres of inferior land. The living is a rectory* in the diocese of Peterborough, value £350, in the patronage of the lord chancellor. The church, dedicated to the Virgin Mary, was formerly collegiate. It is a cruciform structure, with a tower, surmounted by a crocketed spire over 190 feet in height, and containing six bells. The interior of the church contains three early English stalls, and various monuments and tombs of the Pemberton, Ekins, Fletcher, and Williams families. The parochial charities produce about £26 per annum. There are places of worship for the General and Particular Baptists and Wesleyans. Rushden Hall is the principal residence."

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