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3 unusual facts about Rushall


Louis Holmes

He was born in Rushall, England, United Kingdom, but grew up in Edmonton, Alberta.

Rushall, West Midlands

It is centred around the main road between Walsall and Lichfield, and was mostly developed after 1920.

Upavon

The village has a primary school, but as of 2009 it has been closed, the nearest school now being Rushall.


Billingford

Billingford, South Norfolk, village in the parish of Dickleburgh and Rushall and the location of the Billingford Windmill

Charlton, Pewsey Vale

The cost is met from the rent of "Duck's Acre", a field in Rushall donated for the purpose by Lord Palmerston.

Joseph Crowther Smith

Joseph Crowther Smith was born on 26 September 1818 in Rushall, Staffordshire, the son of wealthy miller, Joseph Smith of Rushall Mills, and Ann née Crowther, of Mavesyn Ridware, Staffordshire.

Longleat Priory

In 1393 it was granted control of the church at Lullington, Somerset, and in 1407 Sir Walter Hungerford (later 1st Baron Hungerford) donated the advowson of the church in Rushall, Wiltshire, of which he was lord of the manor.

Rushall Garden

Rushall Garden is a community garden situated on former railway land in Fitzroy North, Victoria in inner suburban Melbourne, Australia.

Rushall railway station

Melbourne indie band Underground Lovers wrote a song named "Rushall Station", about the quietness of the site, which then became the title track for an album.

Tame Valley Canal

Between Tame Valley Junction and Rushall Junction it goes under the Midland Metro near Wednesbury and crosses over the former Grand Junction Railway (now part of the Chase Line) by aqueduct, near Tame Bridge Parkway railway station (an unusual case of the railway pre-dating a neighbouring canal).


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