Drake's Almshouses, Old Amersham
Introduction
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Drake's Almshouses, Old Amersham
Image: © Des Blenkinsopp Taken: 4 Sep 2013
The Amersham News, Views and Information website says the following:- "Drake's Almshouses - built in 1657 by William Drake to house 6 poor women of the parish, widows over fifty years of age. Among their benefits were "a gown of London brown at Christmas each year for the first three years and alternate years thereafter; a pair of shoes, a pair of stockings and a shift twice a year at Christmas and Easter; and firewood. The almshouses have recently been modernised and are still in use, although not quite for the same purpose." More pictures on http://amershamalmshouses.johnpruden.co.uk/index.php/drakes-house
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Image Location
Latitude
51.668107
Longitude
-0.622807