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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… bequeathed in 1630, by Catherine Barnardiston. Two almshouses on Cheping Hill, for four widows, were endowed by …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of journeymen weavers; and the same benefactor erected almshouses for six widows of blanket-weavers, and assigned to … in 1693, endowed a school with 26 per annum. Some ancient almshouses, on Church Green, were taken down, and six … and the rents distributed among the poor. Six neat almshouses for aged and unmarried women were erected in 1828, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… borough Charities for the poor CHARITIES FOR THE POOR Almshouses The Church Green Almshouse and Town Feoffees By … excluded from charitable uses. 4 Holloway's and Townsend's Almshouses Two other almshouses were founded in the early 18th and early 19th …
A History of the County of Oxford
… clothier who had moved to London, and who also endowed almshouses for blanket-weavers' widows. 32 Holloway's newly …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Other significant new buildings included Holloway's almshouses east of the church, erected about 1724 with money … (18356), just outside the town on Tower Hill. A row of almshouses at Newland was built in 1821, and Holloway's almshouses near the church were rebuilt in 1868, designed, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… as two tenements (Nos. 92 and 94) before 1743. 42 Town almshouses at Church Green, converted from three to four … The mill was demolished in 1983. 184 Public Buildings Almshouses 185 Holloway's almshouses, east of the church, were founded by John …
A History of the County of Oxford
… bldgs). Above, intro. (public bldgs). For charities and almshouses, below, charities. Witney Ct. Bks. pp. xxv, 63. … feoffees, below, charities. Nos. 2838: below, charities (almshouses). Above, intro. (public bldgs); PRO, C 93/5/6; C …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… under the patronage of the duke and duchess. Twelve almshouses were founded in 1672, and endowed by John, fourth … to 31. 15. a year, and by voluntary contributions. Eight almshouses near the church, founded and endowed by John …
A History of the County of Essex
… Charity Trust, formed to administer the funds, built seven almshouses on land in Vanessa Drive for the poor of Wivenhoe … (Sandford) conveyed to trustees land in Rebow Road for six almshouses for single women or widows, preferably sailors' … She en- dowed the houses, called Mary Ann Sanford's Almshouses, with £102 a year for repair, up- keep, and weekly …