Rushford, Suffolk

Description
Rushford, a parish, with Shadwell hamlet, in Norfolk and Suffolk, on the Little Ouse river, 4 miles ESE of Thetford station on the G.E.R. Post town and money order and telegraph office, Thetford. Acreage, 3603, of which 2353 are in Norfolk and 1250 in Suffolk; population, 189, of whom 131 are in Norfolk and 58 in Suffolk. Shadwell Court is a seat of the Buxton family, and is a modern mansion in the Domestic Gothic style, very pleasantly situated in the centre of a well-wooded park. A spring, called St Chad's Well, once a great resort of pilgrims, is near the mansion. A college for a master and six priests was founded here about 1342 by Sir E. Gonville, and was given to the Howards. The living was formerly a donative, exempt from visitation, but is now annexed to the adjoining rectory of Brettenham; joint net value, £236. The church was that of the college, and is a building of flint in the Decorated style.