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Rushall Olympic F.C. Players (1864–1953), English businessman
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Rushall may refer to: Places *Rushall, Herefordshire, England *Rushall, Norfolk, England *Rushall, West Midlands, England **Rushall railway station, West Midlands, England *Rushall, Wiltshire, England *Rushall railway station, Melbourne, Australia People *Helen Rushall (1914–1984), Scottish treasurer *Richard Rushall Captain Richard Boswell Rushall (6 March 1865 – 3 February 1953) was a British sea captain and businessman who served as mayor of Rangoon, Burma, during the 1930s. He was the first Englishman to hold this position. Born in Braunston, Northampto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rushall, Herefordshire
Rushall is a small hamlet (place), hamlet in Herefordshire, England. It is approximately halfway between Woolhope and Much Marcle. Notes References Hamlets in Herefordshire {{Herefordshire-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rushall, Norfolk
Rushall is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Dickleburgh and Rushall, in the South Norfolk district, in the county of Norfolk, England. In 1931 the parish had a population of 176. The church of Rushall St Mary the Virgin is one of 124 existing round-tower churches in Norfolk. Toponymy The name 'Rushall' means perhaps, 'Rif's nook of land' or the first element may be Old English 'hrif', 'belly/womb', used in some topographical sense. History The village used to be its own civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government. Civil parishes can trace their origin to the ancient system of parishes, w ... until it merged with Dickleburgh on 1 April 1935, the parish is now called Dickleburgh and Rushall. References Villages in Norfolk Former civil parishes in Norfolk South Norfolk {{Norfolk-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rushall, West Midlands
Rushall is a historic village in the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall in the West Midlands (county), West Midlands county of England. It is centred on the main road between Walsall and Lichfield. It is mentioned in the ''Domesday Book'' but has mostly developed since the 1920s. Rushall was historically a part of the county of Staffordshire before it was incorporated with much of the old Aldridge-Brownhills Urban District into the modern-day Walsall district. Heritage The first record of Rushall occurs in ''Domesday Book'' (1086), where its total annual value to its lord was assessed as 10 shillings, from a village of eight households and a Mill (grinding), mill. The name means "a place in the marshy ground where rushes grow". Early settlement by the Saxons probably started to the north of Rushall Hall, where there are remains of a moated Archaeological site, site: 19th-century excavations found Saxon coins in earthworks in that area. The feudal lordship did not originally have ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rushall Railway Station, West Midlands
Rushall railway station was a station serving the villages of Blakenall Heath and Rushall in the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall, England. It was on the South Staffordshire Line between Walsall and Lichfield. History It was opened in 1849. It was the first station to fall on the line, closing in 1909. The station was built and served by the South Staffordshire Railway, which later became London, Midland and Scottish Railway (through amalgamation of the London and North Western Railway The London and North Western Railway (LNWR, L&NWR) was a British railway company between 1846 and 1922. In the late 19th century, the LNWR was the largest joint stock company in the world. Dubbed the "Premier Line", the LNWR's main line connec ...). The station was situated on a level crossing in Harden Road, roughly on the border of Walsall and Bloxwich townships. Trains continued to pass through the site more than 70 years after the station's closure, with the line remaining open to go ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rushall, Wiltshire
Rushall is a small village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England, southeast of Devizes and northwest of Upavon on the A342 between Devizes and Andover. The village is near the River Avon in the Vale of Pewsey. The parish extends southeast onto Salisbury Plain and into the military training area. History There is a prehistoric or medieval linear earthwork on Rushall Down, one of several archaeological remains on the Plain. Rushall appears in Domesday Book, as a large settlement of 105 households, with a church, at ''Rusteselue''. Before 1086 it was held by Gytha, the widow of Earl Godwin, or by Harold, her son, but by the time of the survey, it had been given to the Abbey of St. Wandrille. There seems to have been a church present at that time. In the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, the manor was held by the de Aunay family and subsequently changed hands several times. By 1404 it was in the hands of Lord Hungerford, and his family remained in possession until it was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rushall Railway Station
Rushall railway station is a commuter railway station on the Mernda line, which is part of the Melbourne railway network. It serves the north-eastern suburb of Fitzroy North, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It opened on 1 January 1927. History Named after a nearby street, itself possibly named after a housing development in 1869, Rushall was also a station on the former Inner Circle line, which operated between Clifton Hill and Royal Park until July 1948. Rushall is located next to Merri Creek, and is connected to Westgarth by a narrow, 80-metre-long footbridge for pedestrians and cyclists, crossing the Merri Creek as part of the Merri Creek Trail. Incidents On 6 February 2016, whilst operating a Flinders Street service, and negotiating the tightest curve on the metropolitan railway system, a trailer carriage of an X'Trapolis train derailed 100m north of the station, resulting in one injury. The line reopened the next day. On 10 February 2016, another derailme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helen Rushall
Helen Mary Boswell Rushall ( ''née'' Helen Mary Cruickshank, 22 April 1914 – 15 October 1984) was a British schoolteacher who helped to form the National Council of Women in Burma, an affiliate of the International Council of Women. In 1958 she was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in recognition of her work on the council and her rehabilitation work after World War II. Life and career Helen Mary Cruickshank was born on 22 April 1914 at Logie Newton Farm near Ythanwells, Aberdeenshire to John Walker Cruickshank (1882–1969) and Janet Isabella Caldow (1883–1932). She was baptised on 13 June 1914, and was the eldest of four children; her younger siblings were Jean Caldow (1916–2001), James Robert (1918–1942) and Ian Armstrong (1919–2014). Her brother James was a pilot officer with No. 239 Squadron of the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, and died during the Dieppe Raid when his Mustang Mk IA crashed in Brachy, Normandy, on 19 August 1942. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
