School Road, Preston, Yorkshire
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School Road, Preston, Yorkshire
Image: © Bernard Sharp Taken: 19 Sep 2014
At the junction with Weghill Road, 'The Bede Houses', terrace of four dwellings, School Road, built by 1852. A Bede House was a type of almshouse run to a set of strict rules, typically run by a church. Bede is OE or Saxon for priest. Each Bedesman (or woman) was given a daily allowance of one penny plus a weekly or monthly allotment of clothing and fuel, for which they lived by a timetable of prayer and manual work.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.756306
Longitude
-0.19761