The Old School House Messing
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The Old School House Messing
Image: © Glyn Baker Taken: 18 Jun 2006
This building in Messing has had a multitude of uses in four different centuries. Built in 1748 as Alms Houses, converted 51 years later into a workhouse, in 1836 its use changed again as it became the village school and finally transmogrified into the village hall in 1911.
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Image Location
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51.836952
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0.751171