Rushton Spencer, Staffordshire

Rushton Spencer is the village in the civil parish of Rushton, Staffordshire, on the A523 road between Leek and Macclesfield. A manor there in the 13th century was held by Sir Hugh le Despenser I.

Rushton Spencer was a separate civil parish until 1934 when the current parish was formed by a merger with Rushton James, which is across a stream to the south.

There are two churches and two public houses.