Chepstow - Powis Almshouse plaque
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Chepstow - Powis Almshouse plaque
Image: © Roy Parkhouse Taken: 24 Nov 2001
High up on the wall, this plaque reads: "THIS ALMSHOUSE Was Licensed and Endowed ANNO DOM 1716 By the sole Charity of THOMAS POWIS, late of ENFIELD in the County of Middlesex VINTNER A Native of this Town For the Reception and Maintenance of Six Poor MEN, and Six Poor WOMEN, Inhabitants of this Town And Parish for ever"
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Image Location
Latitude
51.642858
Longitude
-2.674835