[Report of the 1849 Lymm Rushbearing]
Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser
25 August 1849, p.8, c.5

Lymm Rushbearing
he annual festival of this romantic village commenced on the 11th instant, and was continued through the great part of the following week with more than ordinary festivity.

On Saturday the rush-cart was brought out, drawn by four dapple grey horses, attended by a band of music and morris-dancers,