Rushall, Staffordshire

Description
Rushall, a village and a parish in Staffordshire, 1 1/4 mile NNE of Walsall. The village has a station on the Walsall and Derby section of the L. & N.W.R., and a post and money order office under Walsall; telegraph office, Walsall. It is a seat of petty sessions. The parish comprises 1950 acres; population, 6980. For parish council purposes part of the parish is incorporated in the borough of Walsall; the remainder has a parish council consisting of eleven members. The old manor house, the ancient seat of the Harper and Leigh families, was strongly fortified, and was besieged in the Civil War. It is now in ruins; and partly incorporated with a modern mansion. Limestone and ironstone abound, and are worked. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lichfield; net value, £204 with residence. The church was rebuilt in 1854 and enlarged in 1868. There are four mission churches, Congregational, Primitive Methodist, and Wesleyan chapels, and almshouses.