St Leonard's Cottage Homes, Newark, Notts.
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St Leonard's Cottage Homes, Newark, Notts.
Image: © David Hallam-Jones Taken: 6 Feb 2015
The front elevation of a row of almshouses in Sherwood Avenue, on the east side of the former Newark General Hospital dating from 1910. Another row of cottages were built behind these in 1935. A hospital for the treatment of people with leprosy - on a different site outside the town's walls - was established by Alexander, Bishop of Lincoln (1123-48) dedicated to St Leonard. It seems that a St Leonard's Hospital charity still exists producing funds from properties it owns in Newark, Girton, Balderton, Claypole and Elston and these almshouses are endowed through this charity.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.072189
Longitude
-0.805016