Bedehouse, Newark, Notts.
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Bedehouse, Newark, Notts.
Image: © David Hallam-Jones Taken: 1 Feb 2015
A view from the Barnby Gate end of Bede House Lane. The Grade II-listed stone-built bedehouse (or almshouse complex) was founded on 18th March 1558, through the will of William Philpott, "for the continued ease, funding and lodging of five poor men." In the C19th the chamberlains (or treasurers) used a surplus of funds with which they enlarged the bedehouse to accommodate 15 individuals - five of whom were women. The buildings formed a quadrangle. One large building of two storeys occupied the East and South wings, while the North was enclosed by a wall and this former chapel. The chapel has been used in the recent past as a Volunteers' 'recruitment' centre but is currently standing unused. Newark College, a post-16 institution belonging to Lincoln College (in Lincolnshire), is situated beyond the wall ahead and round the corner.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.075616
Longitude
-0.806116