Brewer's Charity Almshouses
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Brewer's Charity Almshouses
Image: © Richard Croft Taken: 17 Jul 2012
Surprisingly un-listed early 17th century former Almshouses on Chapel Lane, now private residences. Thomas Brewer was a yeoman of Winthorpe in the late 16th and early 17th centuries. He left money, property and land to the village which instituted a charity which still exists today. Rents were gathered from the land, whilst the properties were divided into 5 tenements and gardens (the Almshouses seen here) and occupied free by the poor of the parish.
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Image Location
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53.101838
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-0.785524