Sandes Hospital, Kendal
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Sandes Hospital, Kendal
Image: © David Rogers Taken: 14 Aug 2010
With a datestone of 1659. "In this yard, Thomas Sandes (1606-1681), cloth merchant and former Mayor of Kendal, founded a school and eight almshouses for poor widows", (Kendal Civic Society). Within the gateway is an old iron collecting box carrying the inscription "Remember the Poor".
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Image Location
Latitude
54.325747
Longitude
-2.748758
