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Rushden is bypassed by the A6 which has connections to Kettering (Northbound) and Bedford and Luton (Southbound). The A45 connects Rushden to the East coast as well as Northampton and the M1 motorway westbound. Bedford, Burton Latimer, Chelveston, Corby, Finedon, Higham Ferrers, Irchester, Irthlingborough, Kettering, Milton Keynes, Newton Bromswold, Northampton, Oundle, Podington, Raunds, Riseley, St Neots, Thrapston, Wellingborough, Wollaston, Wymington Rushden Rushden is a town and civil parish located in the county of Northamptonshire, England. The parish of Rushden covers an area of some , and is part of the district of East Northamptonshire. The population of Rushden is 29,272
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Rushden Rushden is a town and civil parish located in the county of Northamptonshire, England. The parish of Rushden covers an area of some , and is part of the district of East Northamptonshire. The population of Rushden is 29,272 (Census 2011), making it the fifth largest town in the county. The Rushden-Higham urban area, which includes the adjoining town of Higham Ferrers, has an estimated population of 36,410. The estimated population of Rushden in 2015 was 30,282. Rushden lies on the A6 midway between Bedford and Kettering. The southern limits of the town border on the county of Bedfordshire,
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Rushden is bypassed by the A6 which has connections to Kettering (Northbound) and Bedford and Luton (Southbound). The A45 connects Rushden to the East coast as well as Northampton and the M1 motorway westbound. Bedford, Burton Latimer, Chelveston, Corby, Finedon, Higham Ferrers, Irchester, Irthlingborough, Kettering, Milton Keynes, Newton Bromswold, Northampton, Oundle, Podington, Raunds, Riseley, St Neots, Thrapston, Wellingborough, Wollaston, Wymington Rushden Rushden is a town and civil parish located in the county of Northamptonshire, England. The parish of Rushden covers an area of some , and is part of the district of East Northamptonshire. The population of Rushden is 29,272
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Andrew Sambrook Andrew John Sambrook (born 13 July 1979) is a former professional footballer who played for a number of lower-league English clubs including Gillingham, Rushden & Diamonds, and Grays Athletic. Sambrook began his career at Gillingham whilst still in full-time education at Rainham Mark Grammar School. Sambrook won a scholarship to Hartwick College, New York where he combined his football career with further education. Prior to his leaving the UK, he featured for England schoolboys. On his return to England, Sambrook signed for Rushden & Diamonds, making over sixty appearances before transferring to Grays Athletic in the summer of
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North, Queensway, Redwell East, Redwell West, South, Swanspool, and Wollaston, and the District of East Northamptonshire wards of Higham Ferrers, Rushden East, Rushden North, Rushden South, and Rushden West. The constituency is named after the town of Wellingborough and covers most of the Borough of Wellingborough local government district. The constituency also includes Rushden (a broad town) and Higham Ferrers, a large village in the neighbouring local government district of East Northamptonshire. Higham Ferrers was itself a former borough constituency until its abolition as one of the rotten boroughs in 1832. Strengths in local industries here or in neighbouring Northampton
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Rushden Town merged with nearby Irthlingborough Diamonds in 1992 to become Rushden & Diamonds. The new club moved to Nene Park, on the outskirts of Irthlingborough, and played there until going into liquidation in 2011. A new club AFC Rushden & Diamonds was set up in 2011 which has groundshared with Rushden & Higham United at their Hayden Road ground from the 2017/18 season. A smaller club, Rushden & Higham United compete in the United Counties League, and play at the Hayden Road ground where Rushden Town played until 1992. Junior Football is catered for by South Rushden Junior Football
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the Urban Districts of Irthlingborough, Raunds, Rushden, and Wellingborough, the Rural District of Wellingborough, and in the Rural District of Oundle and Thrapston the civil parishes of Chelveston cum Caldecott and Hargrave. 1974-1983: The Municipal Borough of Higham Ferrers, the Urban Districts of Irthlingborough, Oundle, Raunds, Rushden, and Wellingborough, and the Rural Districts of Oundle and Thrapston, and Wellingborough. 1983-2010: The Borough of Wellingborough, and the District of East Northamptonshire wards of Higham Ferrers, Rushden East, Rushden North, Rushden South, and Rushden West. 2010-present: The Borough of Wellingborough wards of Brickhill, Castle, Croyland, Finedon, Great Doddington and Wilby, Hemmingwell, Irchester,
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The heritage Rushden, Higham and Wellingborough Railway currently operate services from Rushden's station. The main routes serving Rushden are Stagecoach services 50/49 with connections to Kettering and Bedford and the X46/47 providing links with Raunds, Wellingborough, Irchester and Northampton. There are also services that connect Rushden to the small villages in North Bedfordshire and has its own bus service within the town, the Rushden-Higham link. The Link runs 3 routes and are: Several major UK airports are only within 60 miles or 1 hour driving distance of the town, including Luton, East Midlands, Birmingham and Stansted. In terms of roads,
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its flagship store. A link to the River Nene will also be incorporated. The new facility will create around 2,000 jobs. Despite opposition from the local councils of Corby, Northampton, Bedford and Kettering, the Rushden Lakes proposal was approved by East Northants Council in October 2012, but the application was automatically referred to the Secretary of State. The Secretary of State, Eric Pickles, approved the planning application and gave the go-ahead for the Rushden Lakes development on Thursday 12 June 2014. Rushden Lakes is currently still in development today, where the first section of the area opened on Friday 28
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heritage lines in the UK to operate a whole branch line in its original format). Higham Ferrers is served by the BT Rushden telephone exchange which has been enabled for local-loop unbundling. However, due to the length of telephone lines, the north of the town furthest from the exchange can only achieve around 3Mbit/s as it suffers from high attenuation. BT have assigned the Rushden exchange to the FTTC (Fibre-to-the-Cabinet) upgrade programme (Phase 4b) due to commence in December 2010. The town is unusual in the UK if not Europe in having been a centre of short-run footwear production along
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regularly in the first team at Southend and joined Rushden & Diamonds on loan in October 2004, where he scored five goals in ten appearances, and then Wycombe Wanderers, before joining Rushden & Diamonds permanently in February 2005, where he made 51 appearances in all competitions in two seasons. Despite Broughton scoring ten goals in the 2005–06 season, Rushden were relegated to the Conference National following their defeat at Boston United in April 2006. Broughton joined Chester City on a two-year contract in June 2006. He made only 14 league appearances for Chester, and in October 2006, he joined Boston
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Girls School" after Henry Chichele who was born in the neighbouring town of Higham Ferrers. Rushden is home to one secondary school, Rushden Academy. It is part of The East Northamptonshire College together with The Ferrers Specialist Arts College (Higham Ferrers) and Huxlow School (Irthlingborough). Rushden has 8 Primary Schools: South Rushden North Rushden Central Rushden East Rushden West Rushden Higham Ferrers For adult education, Rushden is served by a 'Learning Centre' which is located in the town centre. The Learning Centre is operated by Bedford College, and offers Information Technology, English Language and Mathematics courses. At present, Rushden is
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Rushden Parkway railway station Rushden Parkway railway station is a proposed new railway station to serve the towns of Rushden and Higham Ferrers and the large village of Irchester in Northamptonshire, England. The two towns and village have not seen passenger rail services since 1959. The former station building at Rushden has been preserved and now houses Rushden Station Railway Museum. Rushden Parkway would be built on the Midland Main Line (which runs to the west of Rushden) on the site of the former Irchester railway station. In June 2009, the Association of Train Operating Companies (ATOC) commissioned a new
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Andy Burgess Andrew John Blakemore Burgess (born 10 August 1981) is an English former footballer. Born in Bedford, Bedfordshire, Burgess began his professional career in 1999 at Rushden & Diamonds, where he was also a trainee. He won the Football Conference title with Rushden in 2001, and the Third Division championship in 2003, and had made 184 appearances for Rushden in six seasons when he was placed on the transfer list at the end of the 2004–05 season after he had requested a transfer in February 2005. A move to Swansea City fell through, and, a month later in July
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Club, who will offer football for boys and girls from 4 years of age. Rugby Union is played at Manor Park, the home of Rushden & Higham RUFC. The club was created in October 1951. Over the years the club has played at Chamberlain's Field, near the old Higham railway station, Saffron Meadows, and the John White's ground in Rushden and now plays at Manor Park, Rushden, on pitches rented weekly from the town council. Rushden has two golf courses. A 9-hole course south of Rushden called John Whites also houses a driving range. Rushden Golf Club is a larger
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Notts, and Fresenius Medical Care UK (provides most of the NHS's kidney dialysis) are there too. Belkin UK (and Linksys) UK is along the A45 in Rushden, Misco is in Wellingborough, and RS Components is in Corby. Pegasus Software, producer of well-known accounting software, is off the A509 in the south of Kettering. Serif Europe is in West Bridgford; Serif developed PagePlus in the 1990s which was the first cheap DTP software. AVG Technologies has its UK head office on Newark's industrial estate. Experian have their large data centre at Fairham House south of Ruddington, with two others in Texas
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Station Railway Museum. One of the society's aims is to re-open the line between Wellingborough and Higham Ferrers as the Rushden, Higham & Wellingborough Railway. Rushden railway station Rushden railway station is a railway station that once served the town of Rushden in Northamptonshire, England. It is now a heritage station at the end of a short running line. The station was an intermediate stop on the to railway branch line, originally established by the Midland Railway. It closed completely in 1969, British Rail having withdrawn passenger services ten years previously. In 1996 the station was bought by the Rushden
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up all 12 of its schools after financial problems and concerns regarding poor outcomes for pupils. Rushden Academy Rushden Academy is an Academy school in Rushden, Northamptonshire, which was founded in 1977. The school was formerly the Chichele College for Girls until 1991 when it was amalgamated to become The Rushden School, rebranding as the Rushden Community College in 2005 and as Rushden Academy in 2014. There were 828 students in Years 7 to 13 on roll in the 2017-2018 college year, including the Sixth Form which is shared with two other local schools. There were 52 teachers and 16
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Rushden railway station Rushden railway station is a railway station that once served the town of Rushden in Northamptonshire, England. It is now a heritage station at the end of a short running line. The station was an intermediate stop on the to railway branch line, originally established by the Midland Railway. It closed completely in 1969, British Rail having withdrawn passenger services ten years previously. In 1996 the station was bought by the Rushden Historical Transport Society. Since then the station has been restored to its former glory and forms the headquarters of the society and includes the Rushden
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Rushden Academy Rushden Academy is an Academy school in Rushden, Northamptonshire, which was founded in 1977. The school was formerly the Chichele College for Girls until 1991 when it was amalgamated to become The Rushden School, rebranding as the Rushden Community College in 2005 and as Rushden Academy in 2014. There were 828 students in Years 7 to 13 on roll in the 2017-2018 college year, including the Sixth Form which is shared with two other local schools. There were 52 teachers and 16 teaching support staff. The school was found to be inadequate by Ofsted during their last visit
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18 hole course to the East of Rushden. Rushden has its own Air Training Corps Squadron, No 858 (Rushden) Squadron Air Training Corps "858 (Rushden) Squadron". It is run by civilian staff who are officers that are commissioned in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve (Training Branch), assisted by adult Senior NCO’s and civilian instructors; all which are volunteers. In October 2014, 23-year-old Steven Smith from Rushden was murdered. He was stabbed to death in an act of 'pure aggression' on 25 October 2014. Before the single-sex senior schools were merged, the former girls school in Rushden was named "Chichele
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December 2006, and Southport denied having received an official approach for him from Rushden. Southport said they wanted an improved offer from Rushden if they were to let Maamria leave. After making 17 appearances and scoring six goals with Southport, he joined Rushden on a one-and-a-half year on a free transfer in January. Maamria made one appearance for the Tunisia U21 team in 1991. Maamria's first experience coaching came at Burnley in the summer of 1997 where he worked as an academy coach to help "find, produce and develop youngsters" within the youth system at Burnley. He helped develop players
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revealed that there is considerable overlap between broad areas where housing growth is projected in the future and where there are the greatest environmental and policy constraints to growth. These constraints include the risk of flooding and expected future household water shortages. Map for England A Map for England is an initiative launched in March 2012 by the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI), the UK body that represents 23,000 planning professionals, to make publicly available major maps for England relating to policies and programmes on the economy, transport, communications, housing and the environment that are held by individual government departments.
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with Leyton Orient where he scored twice in eight games. Following Cambridge United's relegation from the Football League in 2005, Chillingworth accepted a 2-year contract with Rushden & Diamonds. At the end of his first season Rushden were also relegated from the Football League into the Nationwide Conferencec. At the time of the club's relegation, due to injury and loss of form, Chillingworth had joined Notts County on loan although hopes of a permanent deal were dashed when the Diamonds new manager wanted him back for the club's inaugural season in the Conference. A change of manager at Rushden left
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Rushden, Higham and Wellingborough Railway The Rushden, Higham & Wellingborough Railway is a heritage railway operated by the Rushden Historical Transport Society in the United Kingdom. The original aim was to re-open the majority of the ex-Midland Railway branch line from Wellingborough to Higham Ferrers, which had been closed completely in November 1969, however this is no longer the intention. As of April 2016, around stretch of the line is operated between Rushden station and Prospect Avenue. The RH&WR plans to extend the line to a halt at Higham Ferrers. Rushden station has been preserved by the Rushden Historical Transport
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divided into five wards for both District and Town Council purposes. With the following re-classifications: Rushden Spencer (formerly North), Rushden Hayden (formerly East), Rushden Bates (formerly South), Rushden Sartoris (formerly South) and Rushden Pemberton (formerly West). Rushden's growth has resulted from a number of industries, including lacemaking and farming, and especially shoemaking and associated trades. In the mid-1900s there were well over 100 boot and shoe factories in Rushden but today there are only four shoemaking companies left in Rushden. One of the most renowned is Sanders and Sanders, which makes boots for the British Army and several other defence
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report, advocated a park and ride station for Rushden, although the report inadvertently stated that it would be sited in Irthlingborough and not Irchester. Since the building of Corby station, Rushden is now the largest town in Northamptonshire without an operational railway station. Rushden Parkway railway station Rushden Parkway railway station is a proposed new railway station to serve the towns of Rushden and Higham Ferrers and the large village of Irchester in Northamptonshire, England. The two towns and village have not seen passenger rail services since 1959. The former station building at Rushden has been preserved and now houses
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largest galvanizing bath (zinc) in the UK, able to fit up to 29 metres in length. Cooper Bussmann (former Hawker Fusegear) makes electrical fuses in Burton on the Wolds off the B676. Pearce Signs, one of the UK's largest sign-makers, is based in New Basford. Nylacast is an international engineered plastics company based in Humberstone, Leicester. Sapa are at Tibshelf on the B6014, on the Saw Pit Lane Industrial Estate with Storetec, the UK base of Wanzl shopping trolleys. Langley Holdings in Retford own Clarke Chapman, Piller Power Systems, and ARO Welding Technologies. RPC Group in Rushden opposite a Waitrose,
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The Random House Group is one of the largest general book publishing companies in the UK and is based in London. The Group comprises five publishing companies: Cornerstone Publishing, Vintage Publishing, Ebury Publishing, Random House Children's Publishers UK and Transworld Publishers, with more than 40 diverse imprints. Its distribution business services its own imprints as well as 60 other UK publishers. The Random House archive and library is located in Rushden in Northamptonshire. The Random House Group also operates branches in Australia, New Zealand, South Africa (as a joint venture under the name Random House Struik), and India as part
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one of the largest towns in the country without an operational railway station. However, there are proposals by The Association of Train Operating Companies to build a new railway station on the Midland Main Line (to the West of Rushden) to be known as Rushden Parkway. This is supported by local transport campaigners. Currently, the nearest railway station is at Wellingborough about five miles (8 km) away, on the Midland Main Line, although no bus service currently links Rushden to Wellingborough station - the X46 bus service stops at Midland Road in Wellingborough about half a mile from the station.
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Park crowd" with "an obscene gesture to fans" after he was sent off during a 3–1 defeat to Plymouth Argyle on 6 September 2003. After a "performance where the fans could see his heart is at (Brentford)" versus Rushden & Diamonds one week later, Roget was reinstated to the starting lineup by manager Wally Downes and continued to keep his place until his contract was cancelled in late January 2004. During 18 months with Brentford, Roget made 33 appearances. On 31 January 2004, Roget joined Second Division strugglers Rushden & Diamonds on a contract running until the end of the
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coached by Bruce Ogden and Joe Payne. They had expanded to 5 teams by 1990 ranging in age from 11 to 15. Players went on to Higham Youth Team at 16. Home games were played at Jubilee Park, Spencer Park and Higham. In 1994 Neil Gant offered the Hayden Road ground to Rushden Rangers when Rushden Town formed with Irthlingborough Diamonds to become Rushden and Diamonds Football Club. On 19 May 1995 a meeting was held at Rushden & Diamonds and the offer was made to purchase the facilities of Rushden Town F.C. at Hayden Road In 2007 the decision
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Wellingborough Town 1885/86 - Rushden Town - Market Harborough Town 1886/87 - Rushden Town - Bedford Town 1887/88 - W'boro Grammar School - Rushden Town 1888/89 - Rushden W'boro - Grammar School 1889/90 - W'boro Grammar School - Rushden 1890/91 - W'boro Grammar School - Rushden 1891/92 - Finedon - Rushden 1892/93 - Finedon - Wellingborough 1893/94 - Rushden - Finedon 1894/95 - Finedon - P'boro Kings School 1895/96 - Rushden - Kettering Town 1896/97 - Kettering Town - Rushden Town 1897/98 - Wellingborough Town - Rushden 1898/99 - Kettering Town - Wellingborough Town 1899/00 - Wellingborough Town - Northampton
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home draw against Hayes & Yeading United at the start of March heralded a downturn in fortunes as the club’s form deteriorated rapidly, with just two wins from the last thirteen matches as the club staggered to a 13th-placed finish. History of Rushden & Diamonds F.C. Rushden & Diamonds F.C. were a Football Conference club based in Irthlingborough, Northamptonshire, England. Rushden & Diamonds were formed on 21 April 1992 by a merger of Rushden Town and Irthlingborough Diamonds. The merger was the brainchild of Max Griggs, the owner of Dr. Martens. The new club took Rushden Town's place in the
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trackbed was converted into a pocket park. The former Rushden railway station is now owned by the Rushden Historical Transport Society, which operates a museum and real ale bar. The society often holds special events, including an annual 3-day transport cavalcade. The society aims to rebuild the branch line from Higham Ferrers to Wellingborough. There is also a privately owned museum in Rushden which is situated in the town's Hall Park. It is open between the months of May and October. Rushden Hall is the oldest domestic building in the town, once owned by many families throughout the years including
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AFC Rushden & Diamonds A.F.C. Rushden & Diamonds is an English football club based in Rushden in Northamptonshire. They played their opening season at Kiln Park, the home of Raunds Town, in 2011–12 and subsequently shared the Dog & Duck ground with Wellingborough Town from July 2012 to Summer 2017. A groundshare agreement with Rushden & Higham United was agreed for the 2017–2018 campaign. The club was formed in July 2011 by supporters after Rushden & Diamonds, a former Football League club, were expelled from the Football Conference and liquidated. At an open meeting chaired by a supporters group called
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History of Rushden & Diamonds F.C. Rushden & Diamonds F.C. were a Football Conference club based in Irthlingborough, Northamptonshire, England. Rushden & Diamonds were formed on 21 April 1992 by a merger of Rushden Town and Irthlingborough Diamonds. The merger was the brainchild of Max Griggs, the owner of Dr. Martens. The new club took Rushden Town's place in the Midland Division of the Southern League, but played at Irthlingborough's Nene Park as Rushden's Hayden Road was not good enough for promotion (they had been demoted from the Premier Division the previous season due to the state of their ground).
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UEFA B coaching licence & is looking to enter the game once again but this time as a coach. Carl Alford Carl Peter Alford is a former English professional footballer who played for Burnley, Stockport County, Morecambe, Rochdale, and Macclesfield Town and Kettering. His move from Kettering Town to Rushden & Diamonds for £85,000 was at the time a record transfer fee between non-League clubs. While hugely disappointing at Rushden he moved on to Dover Athletic, Stevenage Borough, Doncaster Rovers, Kettering Town and Yeovil Town where he won the FA Trophy in 2002. After being released he journeyed to many
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are starting + substituteShown are the top 10 players in each category.Source: 2018–19 Player and Match Stats AFC Rushden & Diamonds A.F.C. Rushden & Diamonds is an English football club based in Rushden in Northamptonshire. They played their opening season at Kiln Park, the home of Raunds Town, in 2011–12 and subsequently shared the Dog & Duck ground with Wellingborough Town from July 2012 to Summer 2017. A groundshare agreement with Rushden & Higham United was agreed for the 2017–2018 campaign. The club was formed in July 2011 by supporters after Rushden & Diamonds, a former Football League club, were
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the Sartoris family and the Pembertons family. The hall now functions as the head office of the town council and some rooms are available for hiring. It lies in of land which now is a public park (Hall Park). The 1970s ITV Police Drama series "Hunters Walk" was filmed on location in Rushden and the surrounding villages. In late 2010, Rushden began to undergo a regeneration project, with the aim to making the town centre a more spacious and attractive place to shop. Rushden Splash Pool on Station Road and the Pemberton Centre, slightly out of town were planned to
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Peter Hawkins (footballer) Peter Hawkins (born 18 September 1978 in Maidstone) is an English former footballer and assistant manager. He has made over 275 senior appearances for Wimbledon, York, Rushden & Diamonds, Ebbsfleet, Maidstone and Tonbridge. Hawkins came up through the youth system at Wimbledon. He joined York City on a loan in February 2000, where he made 14 appearances in League Two in the 1999–00 season, before breaking into the first-team at Wimbledon in the following season. He went on to make over 130 league and cup appearances for Wimbledon in four seasons. He joined Rushden & Diamonds in
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year. On site can be found a main-line diesel, Class 31, 31206, a number of Mark 1 carriages and a Gresley buffet car. In addition the line has a few industrial steam locomotives and some small diesel shunters. Frequently a number of preserved buses and coaches can also be found on the site. Rushden, Higham and Wellingborough Railway The Rushden, Higham & Wellingborough Railway is a heritage railway operated by the Rushden Historical Transport Society in the United Kingdom. The original aim was to re-open the majority of the ex-Midland Railway branch line from Wellingborough to Higham Ferrers, which had
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Ashlee Jones Ashlee Ageron Jones (born 4 August 1987) is an English footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Braintree Town. Jones came through the ranks at Southampton where he was a member of the squad that reached the FA Youth Cup Final in 2005. He later played in the Football League for Darlington, and includes Rushden & Diamonds, Wycombe Wanderers, Braintree Town, and Lowestoft town among his former clubs. Jones was born in Walthamstow, London. played for Rushden & Diamonds, Potters Bar Town, Fisher Athletic and Crawley Town before signing, in March 2009, for Wycombe Wanderers on a non-contract
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Jon Brady Jon Edmund Alexander Brady (born 14 January 1975 in Newcastle, Australia) is an Australian football (soccer) player. He previously played for Hayes, Rushden & Diamonds, Woking, Chester City, Stevenage Borough and Hereford United. His most recent club was Kidderminster Harriers, where he was on loan from Cambridge United until the end of the 2006/07 season. He signed for Conference North side Kettering Town in June 2007. He was a vital member of the squad that gained promotion to the Conference National for 2008/09 season. Brady was a Football Conference champion with Rushden & Diamonds in 2000-01, scoring the
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Warren Patmore Warren Patmore is a former non-league footballer most notable for his career with Yeovil Town where he is considered one of the club's greatest ever players, scoring 140 goals in 287 games for the Glovers, making him the club's third top goal-scorer of all time. Patmore played for many league clubs including Cambridge United, Millwall and Northampton Town. He then went to Northern Ireland to play for Ards before finding first team football at non-league club Yeovil Town. In the summer of 2001 Patmore moved to Rushden & Diamonds, scoring on his debut for Rushden against York City.
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Warren Patmore Warren Patmore is a former non-league footballer most notable for his career with Yeovil Town where he is considered one of the club's greatest ever players, scoring 140 goals in 287 games for the Glovers, making him the club's third top goal-scorer of all time. Patmore played for many league clubs including Cambridge United, Millwall and Northampton Town. He then went to Northern Ireland to play for Ards before finding first team football at non-league club Yeovil Town. In the summer of 2001 Patmore moved to Rushden & Diamonds, scoring on his debut for Rushden against York City.
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Barry Quinn Barry Scott Quinn (born 9 May 1979) is an Irish retired footballer. His position was defender. Quinn was signed up by Coventry City in August 1996 as a trainee from Manortown United. He went on to appear seventy-four times for the club. In the 2004 January transfer window, he was loaned out to Rushden & Diamonds, who at the time were playing in League One. After appearing four times for Rushden, Quinn returned to Coventry, where he was released. He won four caps at international level for the Republic of Ireland. He signed for Oxford United in May
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Carl Alford Carl Peter Alford is a former English professional footballer who played for Burnley, Stockport County, Morecambe, Rochdale, and Macclesfield Town and Kettering. His move from Kettering Town to Rushden & Diamonds for £85,000 was at the time a record transfer fee between non-League clubs. While hugely disappointing at Rushden he moved on to Dover Athletic, Stevenage Borough, Doncaster Rovers, Kettering Town and Yeovil Town where he won the FA Trophy in 2002. After being released he journeyed to many clubs including Nuneaton Borough, Gainsborough Trinity, Leigh RMI, Woodley Sports and ending his career at New Mills in 2007.
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one season at Hayden Road ground in Rushden (the former home of Rushden Town before the forming of RDFC in 1992) in another ground share with Rushden and Higham Utd, the club won promotion to the FAs Step 3 midland division. The original stadium, Nene Park, created by Max Griggs was completely demolished in 2017. Irthlingborough Irthlingborough () is a small town on the River Nene in Northamptonshire, England. It had a population of 8,535 at the 2011 census and was the smallest town in England to have had a Football League team, Rushden & Diamonds F.C., prior to the
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It is estimated that 2,000 children in the UK use Child Contact Centres each week. Independent visitors services is another service Spurgeons provides through family support. Children and young people being looked after by the local authority can benefit from the friendship and advice offered by a Spurgeons volunteer. All volunteers are fully trained to mentor and befriend a looked after child or young person. Spurgeons Spurgeons is a large national children's charity in the United Kingdom, working with vulnerable families, children and young people. It is based in Rushden, with several offices in the UK, and is a registered
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Michael McElhatton (footballer) Michael McElhatton (born 16 April 1975 in Killarney) is a former Irish footballer. McElhatton began his career with AFC Bournemouth, progressing from the youth ranks to the first-team. After a spell with Scarborough from 1996–1998, he switched to Conference side Rushden & Diamonds, where he would play for four years. A serious knee injury during this period, limited his action after Rushden were promoted to The Football League in 2001. In February 2002 McElhatton joined Chester City on loan, with his two-month stint with the club including two superbly taken goals in a 4–0 win at Stalybridge
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Newton Bromswold Newton Bromswold is a village and civil parish about east of Rushden in Northamptonshire, England, adjacent to the border with Bedfordshire. At the 2001 census the parish's population was 62 people in 27 households. The population remained less than 100 at the 2011 Census and is included in the town of Rushden. It is near the villages of Wymington, Chelveston, Knotting, Knotting Green, Yielden and Melchbourne. There is a pub and a small church. The village takes its name from the forest which once stood where the village is today, called Bruneswald Forest. The village pub features in
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Town 1933/34 - Kettering Town - Higham Ferrers Town 1934/35 - Wellingborough Town - Rushden Town 1935/36 - Rushden Town - Kettering Town Res 1936/37 - Kettering Town - Rushden Town 1937/38 - Rushden Town - Northampton Mt Pl 1938/39 - Corby Stewarts & Lloyds - Rushden Town 1939/40 - Kettering Town - Rushden Town 1940/41 - Corby Stewarts & Lloyds - Northampton Amateurs 1941-1945 War Period 1946/47 - Northampton Colts - Rushden Town 1947/48 - Kettering Town - Wellingborough Town 1948/49 - Wellingborough Town - Rushden Town 1949/50 - Kettering Town - Corby Town 1950/51 - Wellingborough Town -
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released. He was signed by Mansfield Town on 8 August 2008, where he made 39 appearances in the Conference Premier, scoring eight goals. He was released at the end of the 2008–09 season. On 17 June 2009, O'Connor signed for Rushden & Diamonds on a one-year contract. He signed a one-year contract extension in May 2010. Over the course of two seasons, in which he was appointed Rushden's club captain, O'Connor scored 27 goals in 78 games. O'Connor left Rushden & Diamonds and joined Luton Town on a free transfer on 6 June 2011. In July 2012, O'Connor was reunited
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concentrated in the north, the Midlands and south Wales. This is all but gone and the major primary industry is North Sea oil. Its activity is concentrated on the UK Continental Shelf to the north-east of Scotland. The UK's heavy manufacturing drove the industrial revolution. A map of the major UK cities gives a good picture of where this activity occurred, in particular Belfast, Birmingham, Glasgow, Liverpool, London, Manchester, Newcastle and Sheffield. Today there is no heavy manufacturing industry in which UK-based firms can be considered world leaders. However, areas of the UK still have a notable manufacturing base, including
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division, after Rushden suffered two quickfire relegations and Kettering gained promotion from the Conference North. In the 16 league games contested and over 1,000 minutes of league football played between the two sides, Kettering won just twice, while Rushden recorded nine victories. In the same number of games, Rushden scored 25 goals to the Poppies' eight. On 3 January 2011, for the most recent game between the two sides, Kettering ended an 11-year wait for a win over the Diamonds, beating Rushden for only the second time in their history with a 2–1 triumph at Nene Park. Throughout the history
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club Oxford United on 21 December 2008, where he only just missed out on a play-off place in his first season. Wilder's first full season in charge of Oxford began successfully and by mid-season they were top of the Conference table by five points with a game in hand. However, Oxford were overtaken by Stevenage Borough, who would go on to win the title and take the automatic promotion place, consigning the Us to the playoffs with Luton Town, Rushden & Diamonds and York City. They defeated Rushden & Diamonds to reach the play-off final, and gained promotion to the
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Two side Northampton Town on loan in September 2005, where he made three league and cup appearances. His loan spell at Northampton was cut short by injury but after recovering, he joined Swindon Town on loan in November 2005, for whom he made one start and four substitute appearances. He then joined Rushden and Diamonds on loan for the rest of the season in January 2006, and made nine appearances for Rushden, scoring a goal against Notts County with a half-volley from 30 yards. Mikolanda was released by West Ham manager Alan Pardew in May 2006, and joined FK Mladá
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includes the town, surrounding villages and other urban areas. The current MP is Peter Bone. Most wards in the Borough Council of Wellingborough are covered by the constituency and also include the wards in East Northamptonshire, the wards are: Bozeat, Brickhill, Croyland, Finedon, Great Doddington and Wilby, Harrowden & Sywell (excluding Ecton, Mears Ashby, and Sywell which all appear in the Daventry constituency due to overlapping parliamentary and local government boundary reviews), Hatton, Higham Ferrers Lancaster, Higham Ferrers Chichele, Irchester, Isebrook, Queensway, Redwell, Rixon, Rushden Hayden, Rushden Spencer, Rushden Bates, Rushden Sartoris, Rushden Pemberton, Swanspool, Victoria, and Wollaston. For European
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1994 saw the release of their debut album 'A Map of the Universe By Blink'. Parlophone and EMI UK launched the Lime Records imprint in the US and brought Blink stateside for their US debut where they garnered college and mainstream radio airplay and packed live shows. Blink was indeed on the map! When the record company were looking for a new album, the band hesitantly packed their bags and headed back to start recording for Parlophone UK. However, the call of the US kept coming hard and strong – offers of shows, supports with bands they had met over
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of Northampton Guildhall. The bronze installations were commissioned by Northampton Borough Council from sculptor Richard Austin. On 25 March 2018, to commemorate the centenary of his death, Rushden & District History Society unveiled a blue plaque at 26 Queen Street, Rushden where he lodged while playing at Northampton Town. In September 2018, to mark the centenary of the end of the First World War, Royal Mail have produced a set of stamps, one of which features Tull. On Remembrance Sunday 2018, the people of Ayr, Scotland, came together to etch a large sand portrait of Tull into the town's beach
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Town - Rushden Fosse 1915-1919 War Period 1920/21 - Northampton Res - Wellingborough Town 1921/22 - Kettering Res - Desborough Town 1922/23 - Higham Ferrers Town - Wellingborough Town 1923/24 - Fletton Utd - Kettering Town Res 1924/25 - Rothwell Town - Irthlingborough Town 1925/26 - Irthlingborough Town - Rothwell Town 1926/27 - Rushden Town - Desborough Town 1927/28 - Rushden Town - Wellingborough Town 1928/29 - Rushden Town - Desborough Town 1929/30 - Desborough Town - Wellingborough Town 1930/31 - Rushden Town - Wellingborough Town 1931/32 - Rushden Town - Higham Ferrers Town 1932/33 - Kettering Town - Rushden
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using the Gough Map. In May 2011, the Gough Map was inscribed in UNESCO's UK Memory of the World Register. From April 2010 - July 2011 a research project funded by the UK AHRC Research Council's Beyond Text programme digitised and created a new online edition of the Gough Map. The edition was a collaboration between Keith Lilley at Queen's University Belfast, Nick Millea at the University of Oxford's Bodleian Library Map Room, and Paul Vetch at the Department of Digital Humanities at King's College London. Gough Map The Gough Map or Bodleian Map is a Late Medieval map of
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a period of instability and financial difficulties, the club was wound up and entered into administration after being expelled from Conference National. Following the dissolution of Rushden & Diamonds, a "phoenix club," AFC Rushden & Diamonds, was formed, which as of the 2017–2018 season competes in Northern Premier League Division One South. Unlike Rushden & Diamonds F.C., the new club plays its home games in Rushden rather than Irthlingborough. Irthlingborough Diamonds F.C. Irthlingborough Diamonds were a football club from Irthlingborough, England. Founded in 1946, in 1992 the club merged with Rushden Town to form Rushden & Diamonds, which played at
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the right hand side of a three-man attack. Having scored one goal from twenty-nine matches in 2010–11, he was released by Rushden in May 2011. Farrell signed for newly promoted Conference Premier club AFC Telford United on 27 June 2011 on a free transfer following his release from Rushden. After making seventeen appearances and scoring two goals for AFC Telford he was loaned out to Conference North side Hinckley United on 4 January 2012. He departed from Telford by mutual consent on 31 January. Upon release from Telford, Farrell signed a contract for Hinckley United in February 2012, where he
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He joined local Northern Premier League First Division side Eastwood Town on loan in March 2006, where he made 10 appearances. He joined Conference North club Alfreton Town on a season-long loan for the 2006–07 season in July, which he finished with 42 appearances. He joined Conference National team Rushden & Diamonds on a one-month loan on 24 January 2008, which was extended for a second month in February. He made 19 first team appearances for the club, including the Conference League Cup Final. Roberts rejoined Rushden for a second loan spell in October 2008 as cover for Alan Marriott
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and to its north lies the River Nene (locally pronounced Nen) which flows into The Wash. Rushden lies in a small valley, with a stream or brook known as Sidney Brook flowing through the centre of the town. During the late 1960s and 70s this stream was culverted to prevent flash flooding. From whichever way Rushden is approached, the streets and roads can be seen stretching out in the valley, with the spire of St Mary's church prominent above its rooftops. Peter Bone MP is the local MP representing Wellingborough. As a result of recent electoral changes, Rushden has been
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2010, Wolleaston signed for Conference rivals Rushden & Diamonds for an undisclosed fee on 2 June 2008, with Cambridge manager insisting finances would be tight following a series of departures. Wolleaston had played 92 league games for Cambridge, scoring nine goals. Wolleaston made his debut for Rushden in a 1–0 victory against newly promoted Eastbourne Borough on the opening day of the 2008–09 season. His first goal for his new club came in his ninth game, on 20 September 2008, to help Rushden defeat Burton 2–1. Wolleaston's second goal for Rushden was the sixth of a 9–0 victory against Weymouth,
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on 3 April 2008, and scored a goal during the first minute of stoppage time in extra time, ensuring a 3–3 draw and a penalty shoot-out, which Rushden lost 4–3. He finished 2007–08 with 52 appearances and 15 goals for Rushden. He joined League Two club AFC Bournemouth on 8 October 2008 on a one-month loan, after having made eight appearances for Rushden up to that point during 2008–09. He made his debut in a 0–0 draw with Rotherham United three days later before finishing the loan period with four appearances. Bournemouth were hoping to extend the loan, but Rushden
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was made to merge the two clubs, with the new club playing at Rangers' ground in order to preserve United Counties League football within the two towns. With assistance from the Stadia Improvement fund the Hayden Road ground was brought up to the required standard and Rushden & Higham United was founded. Rushden Rangers continued at youth level for one season before also changing their name to Rushden & Higham United. From the start of the 2017-18 season AFC Rushden & Diamonds agreed a groundshare with the club whereby R&D moved to Hayden Road. First Team Only Rushden & Higham
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friendly against Aston Villa. After the merger, Hayden Road was taken over by Rushden Rangers of the Northampton Combination. Rangers merged with UCL club Higham Town in 2007 to form Rushden & Higham United, with the new club playing at Hayden Road. 1. Players that have played/managed in the Football League or any foreign equivalent to this level (i.e. fully professional league).<br> 2. Players with full international caps.<br> 3. Players that hold a club record or have captained the club. Rushden Town F.C. Rushden Town F.C. was a football club from Rushden, England. Founded in 1889, the club merged with
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scoring more than 30 goals before making a move to Rushden & Diamonds in January 2007, where he stayed for three months making 7 Conference appearances, scoring a single goal. Cook rejoined former Boston United manager Steve Evans at Crawley Town at the start of the 2007–08 season. On 19 January 2008, Cook scored a hat-trick in the 4–1 win over his former club Rushden & Diamonds. He went back to Oxford United for £5000 in a transfer funded by Oxford United fans, with Crawley desperate to reduce their wage bill due to financial difficulties, on 1 September 2009. After
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Rushden Town F.C. Rushden Town F.C. was a football club from Rushden, England. Founded in 1889, the club merged with Irthlingborough Diamonds to form Rushden & Diamonds in 1992. Nicknamed "the Russians", the club played at Hayden Road. The club was founded in 1889 as Rushden F.C. and joined the Midland League in 1894. In 1895 the club's reserve team joined the Leicestershire and Northants League, but left the following season when it became the Leicestershire Senior League. In 1897 the club's first team also joined the United League, and played in both leagues for three seasons, before leaving the
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Town - Corby Town 1993/94 - Kettering Town - Rushden & Diamonds 1994/95 - Rushden & Diamonds - Northampton Spencer 1995/96 - Kettering Town - Rushden & Diamonds 1996/97 - Rothwell Town - Rushden & Diamonds 1997/98 - Kettering Town - Daventry Ford Sport 1998/99 - Kettering Town - Raunds Town 1999/00 - Rushden & Diamonds - Raunds Town 2000/01 - Kettering Town - Desborough Town 2001/02 - Kettering Town - Rushden & Diamonds 2002/03 - Rothwell Town - Peterborough United 2003/04 - Rothwell Town - Peterborough United 2004/05 - Peterborough United - Desborough Town 2005/06 - Rothwell Town -
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as Conference South champions. Following the dismissal of manager Steve King, many Lewes players left the club. Though the club wanted them to stay, Sigere and teammate Simon Wormull joined local rivals Eastbourne Borough. The pair made their debuts in the opening-day defeat to former club Rushden & Diamonds, making Eastbourne the fifth club (following Rushden, Stevenage, Hornchurch and Lewes) where the two played alongside each other. Injuries restricted Sigere's Eastbourne career: by the beginning of October he had played only five matches and been placed on the transfer list. He rejoined Horsham on loan for three months, to regain
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the United Counties League Division One. The club's traditional colours are red, white and blue, which are reflected in the club’s badge. The crest uses aspects from both the respective Rushden Town and Irthlingborough Diamonds badges. It is formed by a shield-like shape, with ‘R&DFC’ written in banner form underneath. In the top left corner is the Rampant Lion, representing the Sartoris family, who donated some land on Hayden Road to Rushden Sports Club in 1922. On the opposite side at the top sit the Crosskeys of St. Peter’s Church in Irthlingborough. Taken from the old Irthlingborough Diamonds crest, there
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Scott Partridge and Duane Darby. Hall spent three seasons with Rushden & Diamonds, making 112 appearances and scoring 26 goals. In the Third Division play-off final, Hall scored a superb solo goal straight from kickoff after Cheltenham scored. When financial problems forced Rushden to offload several players, he signed for Tranmere Rovers where he played 55 times and scored 13 goals. For the 2005–06 season Hall signed on a free for Chesterfield, for whom he was the top scorer with 15 goals in 47 league and cup starts. On 4 June 2007, Hall returned to his former club Walsall. He
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Rushden & Higham United F.C. Rushden & Higham United F.C. is a football club based in Rushden, Northamptonshire, England. They are currently members of the . Records show that a Higham Town club was formed in 1876 at a meeting held in the Griffin. There was a team competing in the Northants League (now the United Counties League) during the 1890s and in 1895 the team were runners up in the Northamptonshire FA Junior cup. They joined the Northamptonshire League in 1897. The club's golden age was however in the 1920s. Re-formed after the end of the "great war" the
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the UK Master Fitter in November 2012. On 17 May 2017, it was announced that Auto Windscreens would become the new shirt sponsor of AFC Rushden & Diamonds for the 2017/18 season. Auto Windscreens Auto Windscreens is a United Kingdom automotive glazing company specialising in windscreen repair and replacement. It is owned by Trifords Ltd and is headquartered in Chesterfield, Derbyshire. Working predominantly with insurers, brokers and fleet management customers, the company operates a nationwide fitting centre network that utilises a mobile fleet of trained technicians. It is one of the largest windscreen replacement operations in the United Kingdom, with
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It runs concurrently with the A509 to the grade-separated junction near the bridge over the River Nene, where the A509 exits south near Irchester Country Park. East of Wellingborough, the road crosses the Midland Main Line. There is a grade-separated junction for the A5001 into Rushden and the route runs alongside the River Nene, offering a second turning to Rushden at a roundabout with the A5001 again. At the roundabout with the A6 near Higham Ferrers, it starts the follow the former route of the A605. The section of dual carriageway from the M1 now ends at the next roundabout
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Rushden & Diamonds F.C. Rushden & Diamonds Football Club was an association football club based in Irthlingborough, Northamptonshire, England. It was formed by a merger of Rushden Town and Irthlingborough Diamonds in 1992. The club played in the Conference National following a short spell in the Football League at the start of the 2000s. Nicknamed "The Diamonds", the club played at Nene Park. The club's main rivals were county neighbours Kettering Town. The club were expelled from the Conference National on 11 June 2011; their unstable financial position meant they could not guarantee to complete all their fixtures in the
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manages to put the marker in a field, compared to the accuracy and ease of use of Googlemaps). Users are able to drag and zoom the map, with relevant properties automatically placed in view. It is also possible for users to draw a catchment area directly onto the map of where they would like to search. Globrix data was sometimes used by the national media to illustrate stories on house prices, the economy, area trends, consumer confidence and the property market. In 2008, Globrix was awarded 'Best Property Portal UK' which is awarded by one of the group's own newspapers,
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them. He made two league appearances for Hinckley. Cameron Gilchrist Cameron Gilchrist (born 29 July 1997) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a defender. Gilchrist played youth football for Leicester City and Swansea City, and made one appearance in the Scottish Premiership for Inverness Caledonian Thistle during the 2016–17 season. After signing for Barwell, he moved to AFC Rushden & Diamonds in October 2017 on dual registration terms, having made 4 league appearances for Barwell. He moved on loan from AFC Rushden & Diamonds to Hinckley in late September 2018, He left AFC Rushden & Diamonds a few
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Cameron Gilchrist Cameron Gilchrist (born 29 July 1997) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a defender. Gilchrist played youth football for Leicester City and Swansea City, and made one appearance in the Scottish Premiership for Inverness Caledonian Thistle during the 2016–17 season. After signing for Barwell, he moved to AFC Rushden & Diamonds in October 2017 on dual registration terms, having made 4 league appearances for Barwell. He moved on loan from AFC Rushden & Diamonds to Hinckley in late September 2018, He left AFC Rushden & Diamonds a few days later, having made 9 league appearances for
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departments throughout the world. Some of the redundant factories have been converted into flats, and MPs support for government help has been limited. Today, as with many towns in England, industry in the town is varied, and mostly situated in an out-of-town industrial estate. As with the industry, town centre shopping in Rushden has changed considerably although there are still many shops. Rushden has the oldest toy shop in the county. In 1893 a short branch line railway opened linking Rushden and Higham Ferrers with the Midland Main Line. The line was closed in 1959 and dismantled. In 1991 the
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the seasons 2010/2011, 2011/2012 and 2012/2013. Team Achievements Individual Honours Rushden & Diamonds Garry Butterworth Garry Butterworth (born 8 September 1969) was a professional footballer, having previously played for Dagenham & Redbridge, Rushden & Diamonds, Farnborough Town, and Kettering Town. He was a midfielder. Butterwoth moved to Rushden & Diamonds in 1994 for £22,000, going on to play 368 times for the club, a club record. He also set a club record by playing in over 100 consecutive games. During his time at the club, Rushden progressed from the Southern Football League Premier Division to the Football League. His final
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Athletic. He next scored with two goals in a 3–1 victory over League One club Yeovil Town in the FA Cup first round in November. He signed a new two-year contract with Rushden in March 2007, which contracted him at the club until the summer of 2009, with the option of a further two years. He scored two goals in the last five minutes against Weymouth on 3 April to help Rushden to a 4–1 victory. He finished 2006–07 with 46 appearances and 10 goals for Rushden. Rankine played for Rushden in the Conference League Cup Final against Aldershot Town
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Street. Also a greenway cycle and foot path was created joining existing footpaths with a new one along the old railway line through the town. This linked Ferrers School to Rushden town centre and then out of Rushden to Crown Park, a small out of town retail/business park with a DIY store and Waitrose Supermarket. Rushden has many supermarkets and convenience stores. Once Rushden was home to one of the five Safeway megastores in the country until they were bought by Wm Morrison; the store was then bought by Waitrose and turned into one of its five Food and Home
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Mark Peters (footballer, born 1972) Mark Peters (born 6 July 1972) is a Welsh former professional footballer who played as a defender. He made over 350 appearances in the Football League and Conference National. Peters began his career as a trainee at Manchester City in 1990 before spending the 1992–93 season at Norwich City. He moved to Peterborough United in August 1993, where he made his first team debut in 1993. Spells at Mansfield Town and Rushden & Diamonds between 1994 and 2003 yielded over 200 appearances with 18 goals. He joined Rushden in May 1999 and helped them win
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club advanced to the Football Conference by 1996, and into the Football League in 2001, but were relegated back to the Conference in 2006 and went out of business in July 2011. Following the dissolution of Rushden & Diamonds, a "phoenix club," AFC Rushden & Diamonds, was formed, which as of the 2018-19 season competes in the Southern Football League Premier Division Central (Level 7). Unlike Rushden & Diamonds F.C., the new club plays its home games in Rushden rather than Irthlingborough. The 750-capacity main stand at Hayden Road football ground was opened in 1922. The opening match was a
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highest scorers in the FA cup that year. In 1923–24 and 1926–27 the club were runners up in the league and in 1931 and 1933 were senior cup runners up. In 1934 the Maunsell cup was won for the second and to date the last time by a United Counties League side. Northampton Town who had beaten First Division leaders Huddersfield Town in the FA Cup earlier in the season being beaten finalists. On the resumption of league football in 1946 the club played in the Rushden & District League where they remained for four seasons before rejoining the UCL.
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and spent four-and-a-half years at Edgar Street, where he was top goalscorer two seasons running, in 1985–86 and 1986–87. Kearns then moved to Wrexham. He finished his Football League career with the Welsh club – a career that saw him score 127 goals in 358 appearances. Kearns then moved into non-League football: first, briefly, with Kettering Town. He then played for Rushden Town and Worcester City before joining the newly formed Rushden & Diamonds. On 22 August 1992, he scored the first league goal in the club's history, against Bilston Town in the Southern League Midland Division. In all, he
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£140 million out of town leisure and shopping centre known as Rushden Lakes Shopping Centre opened in July 2017. The development is situated near Waitrose just off the A45, on the site of the former Skew Bridge dry ski slope ,also referred to as Rushden Lakes, which had been derelict for some years. The land was purchased by LXB Retail Properties for £4.5 million in 2011 and the development was later sold to The Crown Estate. When finalised, the development will include a cinema, shops, hotels, visitor centre, restaurants, a leisure centre and a marina, with Marks & Spencer as
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century Norman construction, including a chancel arch with carved decoration, and is dedicated to St Margaret. The registers date from 1592 and many of these are deposited at the Bedfordshire and Luton Archives and Records Service. The church was vested with the Churches Conservation Trust on 1 April 2009. Knotting, Bedfordshire Knotting is a small village in Bedfordshire, located near the border with Northamptonshire. Nearby places are, Sharnbrook, Podington, Odell, Melchbourne, Yielden, Newton Bromswold, Souldrop and Rushden over the border in Northamptonshire. The parish was covered by the 2001 UK Census but was combined with neighbouring Souldrop. In 2001, there
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UK transport network. The extensive geographic index from paper publications is available digitally and includes street names, hospitals, government buildings, points of interest etc. Geographers' A-Z Map Company produces a number of smartphone apps that are available on most devices. Apps include: Cabbies Mate, A-Z London Tourist Map, London Super Scale Street map, Greater London map, Glasgow Premier Map Geographers' A-Z Map Company Geographers' A-Z Map Company Ltd. is the largest independent map publisher in the United Kingdom providing cartographic services, digital data products and paper mapping publications (including Street Atlases, Visitors Guides, Great Britain Road Atlases and The Adventure
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are two keys, one for heaven and one for hell. Below the Lion in the bottom left quarter of the badge are the ‘Blue Diamonds’, taken from the old Irthlingborough Diamonds logo. Similarly, the three ‘Red and White Hoops’ sitting to the right originate from Rushden Town’s badge. An illustration of the local River Nene runs through the centre of the badge, whilst the football located between the Diamonds and Hoops is self-explanatory. Rushden & Diamonds played their home games at Nene Park, which was located on the outskirts of Irthlingborough, Northamptonshire adjacent to the A6, the stadium had a
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UK), as well as the songs, "Do Me Right" and "Groove Control." The three songs combined to reach number five on the US Dance chart. The title track would provide the key samples for Camp Lo's "Luchini AKA This Is It", Angie Stone's "Lovers' Ghetto", Terri Walker's "This Is My Time", Tha' Rayne's "Kiss Me", Brooke Valentine's "Long As You Come Home", Rashad's "Sweet Misery", Antiloop's "Catch Me", Jadakiss's "How I Feel", HaLo's "Follow Me", Rushden & Diamonds (music group)' "Lil' Bits", DSP's "Tisztelet a Kivételnek", and Wiz Khalifa's "Won't Land." Sylvers joined the group in 1981, but his presence
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Kettering Town 1951/52 - Corby Town - Rushden Town 1952/53 - Desborough Town - Peterborough Utd Res 1953/54 - Kettering Town Res - Corby Town Res 1954/55 - Peterborough Utd Res - Wellingborough Town 1955/56 - British Timken - Peterborough United 1956/57 - Kettering Town - Rushden Town 1957/58 - Kettering Res - Wellingborough Town 1958/59 - Rushden Town - Corby Town Res 1959/60 - Peterborough Utd - Rushden Town 1960/61 - Rothwell Town - Rushden Town 1961/62 - Peterborough United - Northampton Town 1962/63 - Peterborough United - Northampton Town 1963/64 - Corby Town - Northampton Town 1964/65 -
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Walsall in the League Cup first round on 23 August 2005. He joined Notts County on one-month loan in September 2005, and later Rushden & Diamonds on 13 January 2006. On 31 January 2006, the last day of the transfer window, Berry signed for Rushden permanently on a contract until June 2007. In January 2007 he was told he could leave Rushden and was sent out on loan to Conference South team Lewes. He scored two goals on his debut and finished the loan with four appearances. He joined Crawley Town until the end of the 2006–07 season in February.
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Rushden & Diamonds on loan until January 2009. He made his debut in a 4–0 victory over Altrincham and returned to Wrexham following the expiry of the loan on 5 January, making three appearances for Rushden. He was involved in a controversy when he wrote a message on the Facebook profile of Wrexham teammate Christian Smith, which regarded Wes Baynes's contract situation at the club, and caused an angry reaction by the fans. Following the completion of his loan spell at Rushden, he was set to join York City on loan. The move was completed on 15 January, when he
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incident. He was ordered to pay £100 compensation to PC Andrew Whitehead and £350 in costs. Woodhouse chose to play for Rushden & Diamonds to fulfil a promise he made to someone who was part of the consortium that took over the Irthlingborough based club. He made his debut against Aldershot Town on 25 November 2006, in a 1–0 defeat. He made five appearances in the Conference National for Rushden, before deciding to leave to concentrate on his boxing career. He then returned to Rushden on 1 March 2007, and made a further 11 appearances in the Conference in the
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