Salisbury, Brickett's Hospital
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Salisbury, Brickett's Hospital
Image: © Mike Faherty Taken: 25 Apr 2009
At junction Exeter Street & Carmelite Way. According to a plaque, these almshouses were originally built for 6 poor widows in 1519, and rebuilt in 1780; the present building looks at least a hundred years younger. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=41807#s3
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Image Location
Latitude
51.063395
Longitude
-1.794173