Rushden, Hertfordshire

Rushden
St Mary, Rushden
Rushden Location within Hertfordshire
Population	242 (2011 Census) [1]
OS grid reference	TL302315
Civil parish	Rushden
District	North Hertfordshire
Shire county	Hertfordshire
Region	East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	BUNTINGFORD
Postcode district	SG9
Dialling code	01763
Police	Hertfordshire
Fire	Hertfordshire
Ambulance	East of England
UK Parliament	North East Hertfordshire
List of places UK England Hertfordshire 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.

Notable residents

• Sir Thomas Stanley (1625 in Cumberlow – 1678) an English author and translator. ^[2]
• Percy Portsmouth, (1874–1953) sculptor, retired to "Youngloves" in Rushden.

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.

External links

• Rushden Community Website