Rushden, Hertfordshire

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Rushden
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Rushden
Location within Hertfordshire
Population242 (2011 Census) [1]
OS grid reference TL302315
Civil parish
  • Rushden
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town BUNTINGFORD
Postcode district SG9
Dialling code 01763
Police Hertfordshire
Fire Hertfordshire
Ambulance East of England
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51°58′03″N0°06′19″W / 51.9676°N 0.10527°W / 51.9676; -0.10527

Rushden is a small village and civil parish which forms part of the grouped parish council of Rushden and Wallington in the North Hertfordshire district, in the county of Hertfordshire, England. Rushden is located just off the A507 between Baldock and Buntingford.

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References

  1. "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
  2. Gosse, Edmund William (1911). "Stanley, Thomas"  . Encyclopædia Britannica . Vol. 25 (11th ed.). pp. 781–782.