The Hickey Almshouses, Richmond: commemorative tablet
Introduction
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Image: © Stefan Czapski Taken: 20 Mar 2011
Tablet on a south-facing gable at the western end of the site - photo taken from St Mary's Grove. The tablet reads as follows: 1834 These Almshouses for Ten poor Men and Ten poor Women have been erected by the bounty of William Hickey Esq. Who by his Will bequeathed certain Lands and Houses in Richmond in Trust for Charitable purposes