Norfolk: Rushford

William White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk 1845

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RUSHFORD parish has a small village, on the Little Ouse, 3½ miles E. by S. of Thetford, and contains 138 inhabitants, and 2,264 acres, including Shadwell, which has 28 souls, but exclusive of Snarehill, and Rushford Lodge, which is a tithe free estate of about 1000 acres, and 34 souls, on the south side of the river, in Suffolk.

Sir Robert Jacob Buxton, Bart., owns all the parish, except Snarehill, and resides with his mother, at Shadwell Lodge, a handsome modern mansion on the north side of the parish, overlooking the vale of the river Thet, and having a well-wooded park, in which stands a fine statue of Hercules killing a three-headed monster.

The CHURCH (St. John the Evangelist) was appropriated to a college, founded here by Sir Edmund Goneville, in 1342, for a master and six priests. It has a fine tower, and had a chancel and transepts, which were dilapidated several centuries ago.

Sir R.J. Buxton is impropriator of the tithes, and patron of the perpetual curacy, which is exempt from episcopal jurisdiction, and was certified at £16. It is enjoyed by the Rev. Robert Ward, of Thetford, and was augmented with £200 of Queen Anne's Bounty, in 1793.

Directory:

         Buxton    Sir Robt.J. and Lady   Shadwell Lodge
         Cooke     John                   College farm
         Dickenson Wm.                    shopkeeper
         Ringer    Thos.                  farmer, Rushford Lodge
 

See also the Rushford parish page.

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July 1999