RUSHDEN, a parish in the hundred of HIGHAM-FERRERS,
county of NORTHAMPTON, 1 mile (S.) from
Higham-Ferrers, containing 1077 inhabitants. The living
is a rectory, in the archdeaconry of Northampton,
and diocese of Peterborough, rated in the king's books
at £12. 16. 3., and in the patronage of the Crown.
The church, dedicated to St. Mary, is large and hand-
some, partaking of the different styles of English architecture;
the tower, a fine specimen of the later style,
is surmounted by an elegant crocketed spire; the transepts
are in the decorated style; and in the chancel are
three early English stalls; there are also some remains
of screen-work, and ancient stained glass. There are twp
places of worship for Baptists. Daniel Whitby, a learned
scripture commentator, and writer on controversial divinity,
was born here in 1638; he died in 1726.