Dawson's Almshouses
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Dawson's Almshouses
Image: © Richard Croft Taken: 18 Mar 2009
Founded in 1662 from money left in the will of George Dawson for ten poor and aged persons. The charity was revised in the 19th century and these 10 almshouses were built in 1862, modernised and reduced to eight in 1967
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Image Location
Latitude
52.916176
Longitude
-0.642147