Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for RUSHDEN

RUSHDEN, a parish, with a village, in Royston district, Herts; 4 miles N W by W of Buntingford r. station. Post-town, Buntingford. Acres, 1, 486. Real property, £2,037. Pop., 291. Houses, 63. The manor, with R. Park, belongs to A. Meetkerke, Esq. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £141.* Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Lincoln. The church is ancient but good. Charities, £7.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

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Feature Description: "with a village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Hertfordshire AncC
Place: Rushden

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