Merchant Venturers' Almshouses, Bristol
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Merchant Venturers' Almshouses, Bristol
Image: © Eirian Evans Taken: 24 Jun 2006
Homes for retired mariners since the 17th century. The plaque on the wall is a poem: "Freed from all storms the tempest and the rage Of billows, here we spend our age. Our weather beaten vessels here repair And from the Merchants' kind and generous care Find harbour here; no more we put to sea Until we launch into Eternity. And lest our Widows whom we leave behind Should want relief, they too a shelter find. Thus all our anxious cares and sorrows cease Whilst our kind Guardians turn our toils to ease. May they be with an endless Sabbath blest Who have afforded unto us this rest."
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Image Location
Latitude
51.450868
Longitude
-2.595728