Almshouses and War Memorial, Church Road, Lydney
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Almshouses and War Memorial, Church Road, Lydney
Image: © Jaggery Taken: 15 Apr 2018
In the 1920s Lord Bledisloe funded the construction of this group of four almshouses to be occupied predominantly by dependants of Lydney men killed in the Great War (First World War). The War Memorial https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/6424606 on the right was erected at the same time.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.721274
Longitude
-2.532684