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Times of church services 

11.15 am     Matins (1^st Sunday in month) 

11.15 am     All-Age Worship (2^nd Sunday in month) 

 9.30 am      Holy Communion (4th Sunday in month)

 9:30 am      Morning prayer (every Tuesday except in August)

On the 5th Sunday there is a united service at 10 am in one of the four churches of the benefice.

Church History

The nave dates from about 1350.  The chancel was built in 1847 on foundations of the previous chancel, which had fallen down.  The west tower is of three stages with an embattled parapet.  There is no Hertfordshire spike, although one can be seen in a drawing of 1831.  The south porch is modern, but the doorway is 14^th century.  The windows in the south wall date from the late 15^th century, as is the window in the north wall, although the design is different.  There was a gallery across the west end of the church, put up in the late 17^th century and removed in 1907. 

In 1907 the church was in a bad way, the walls of the nave were cracked and threatened to fall out and the timberwork of the nave was dangerously decayed.  Today we can see it all in a good state of repair.  Rushden church has stood on its little hill for six hundred years, looking not very different from the day it was built.

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