Plaque on the addition to Hickey's Almshouses

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Plaque on the addition to Hickey's Almshouses

Image: © Stephen Craven Taken: 22 Jul 2010

For context see Image The text reads "additional almshouses erected on the foundation of w Hickey Esq who died 1728". According to a local history website , "William Hickey, who died in 1727, left his property in trust to provide pensions for 6 men and 10 women. Hickey owned several important and valuable properties on Richmond Hill, including The Wick. By the start of the 19th century, the trust had to decide what to do with the large amount of income. So in 1834 it decided to build and endow 20 almshouses for 10 men and 10 women, plus a chapel, and 2 gate lodge cottages – 1 for a porter, the other for a nurse – in Sheen Road. Since then another 29 dwellings have been built on land behind the original almshouses."

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