Five Bearpacker almshouses, Wotton-under-Edge
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Five Bearpacker almshouses, Wotton-under-Edge
Image: © Jaggery Taken: 28 Oct 2012
Viewed along Adey's Lane. In view are 5 of 10 Bearpacker almshouses. The inscription on the side wall states that the almshouses (described as tenements) with the gardens adjacent were given by Miss A Bearpacker for the occupation of five poor and infirm men, old inhabitants of the parish of Wotton-under-Edge and members of the established Church of England. The year shown is MDCCCXXXVII (1837). http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3811198 to the other 5 almshouses.
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Image Location
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51.640416
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-2.348068