Almshouses, East Street, Newton Abbot
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Almshouses, East Street, Newton Abbot
Image: © Derek Harper Taken: 1 Dec 2012
Another view of part of the almshouses shown in Image http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-464290-numbers-109-115-and-attached-walls-and-g . They were intended to accommodate the widows, "the relicts of preaching ministers, left poor, without a house of their own". Next door is the entrance to Samuel & Ephraim Yeo's ropewalk = see Image and http://list.english-heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1257041&searchtype=mapsearch .
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Image Location
Latitude
50.528927
Longitude
-3.607638