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almshouse An almshouse (also known as a bede-house, poorhouse, or hospital) was charitable housing provided to people in a particular community, especially during the medieval era. They were often targeted at the poor of a locality, at those from certain ...
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England


Bedfordshire

*Bedford Almshouses,
Bedford Bedford is a market town in Bedfordshire, England. At the 2011 Census, the population of the Bedford built-up area (including Biddenham and Kempston) was 106,940, making it the second-largest settlement in Bedfordshire, behind Luton, whilst t ...


Berkshire

* Andrew's Almshouses, also known as the Widow's House,
Speenhamland The Speenhamland system was a form of outdoor relief intended to mitigate rural poverty in England and Wales at the end of the 18th century and during the early 19th century. The law was an amendment to the Elizabethan Poor Law. It was created as ...
* Westende Almshouses,
Wokingham Wokingham is a market town in Berkshire, England, west of London, southeast of Reading, north of Camberley and west of Bracknell. History Wokingham means 'Wocca's people's home'. Wocca was apparently a Saxon chieftain who may ...
* Dixon's Almshouses,
Aldermaston Aldermaston is a village and civil parish in Berkshire, England. In the 2011 Census, the parish had a population of 1015. The village is in the Kennet Valley and bounds Hampshire to the south. It is approximately from Newbury, Basingstok ...
*
Donnington Hospital Donnington Hospital is a series of almshouses at Donnington in the English county of Berkshire, run by the Donnington Hospital Trust. It was established in 1393 by Sir Richard Abberbury the Elder. The original site on the Oxford Road is now ...
, Bucklebury & Iffley, Oxon * Horsemoor Green almshouses,
Langley Marish Langley, also known as Langley Marish, is a suburb of Slough in Berkshire, South East England. It is east of the town centre of Slough, and west of Charing Cross in Central London. It was a separate civil parish until the 1930s, when the buil ...
* Jesus Hospital, Bray * John Isbury's Almshouses,
Lambourn Lambourn is a village and civil parish in Berkshire, England. It lies just north of the M4 Motorway between Swindon and Newbury, and borders Wiltshire to the west and Oxfordshire to the north. After Newmarket it is the largest centre of ra ...
* Place's or Jacob Hardrett's Almshouses, Lambourn * The Haven of Rest Almshouses, Maidenhead * St Mary's Almshouses, Newbury * Pearces Almshouses, Newbury * Old Hunt's Almshouses, Newbury * Coxedd's Almshouses, Newbury * Newbury Church & Almshouse Charity Almshouses, Newbury (Newtown Road & Harvest Green) * Kimber's Almshouses, Newbury * Raymond's Almshouses, Newbury * Essex Wynter Almshouses, Newbury * Mabel Luke Almshouses, Newbury * Robinson's Almshouses, Newbury * St Bartholomew's Hospital, also known as King John's Almshouses, Newbury * St Peter's Almshouses,
Brimpton Brimpton is a mostly rural village and civil parish in West Berkshire, England. Brimpton is centred ESE of the town of Newbury. Toponymy One suggested origin of the name of Brimpton comes from "Brynni's Town"; Brynni was an Anglo-Saxon ...
* Seymour Almshouses,
Langley Marish Langley, also known as Langley Marish, is a suburb of Slough in Berkshire, South East England. It is east of the town centre of Slough, and west of Charing Cross in Central London. It was a separate civil parish until the 1930s, when the buil ...
* Vachel Almshouses, Reading


Bristol

* Colstons Almshouses (built 1691) * Dr White's Almshouse (founded 1613) * Foster's Almshouses (founded 1482), Colston Street (former almshouses) * Bengough's Almshouses, Horfield Road * Haberfield House, Hotwell Road * Hill's Almshouses (now Stoneleigh House), Jacob's Wells Road * Merchant Taylors' Almshouses, (
Worshipful Company of Merchant Taylors ] The Worshipful Company of Merchant Taylors is one of the 110 Livery company, livery companies of the City of London. The Company, originally known as the ''Guild and Fraternity of St John the Baptist in the City of London'', was founded prio ...
) Merchant Street (1701) *
Merchant Venturers Almshouses Merchant Venturers Almshouses () is a historic building on King Street, Bristol, King Street, Bristol, England. It has been designated as a Grade II* listed building. History It was built around 1696 by the Society of Merchant Venturers for con ...
(built c.1696) * Holy Trinity Almshouses, Old Market Street * Perry's Almshouses, Dragon Road, Winterbourne * St Ambrose Almshouses, Park Crescent * St Monica's Home of Rest, (
Merchant Venturers Almshouses Merchant Venturers Almshouses () is a historic building on King Street, Bristol, King Street, Bristol, England. It has been designated as a Grade II* listed building. History It was built around 1696 by the Society of Merchant Venturers for con ...
) Cote Lane (1925) *
St Nicholas's Almshouses St Nicholas' Almshouses () is a historic building on King Street, Bristol, England. It was built in 1652 to 1656, extended in the 19th century and restored 1961 by Donald Insall. The foundations of a bastion of the City Wall were revealed durin ...
(built 1652–1656)


Buckinghamshire

* The Almshouse Charity of Sir Ralph Verney (1st Bt d. 1696), Middle Claydon, Buckingham, Buckinghamshire (1654) * The Bishop King's Almshouses, Worminghall (1670) * Christ's Hospital, Buckingham * Miss Day's Almhouses, Amersham * Lady Dodd's Cottages, Ellesborough * Thomas Hickman's Almshouses, Aylesbury (1695) * Weedon's Almshouses, Chesham * Sir William Drake's Almhouse, Amersham *Dormer Almshouses (Hospital), Wing (1569) *Winwood Almshouses, Quainton (1687) *Stafford Almshouse, Shenley (1654) *Revis Almshouses, Newport Pagnell (1755) *Alice Carter's Almshouse, Brill (1591) *Dormer Almshouses, Hughendon *Finch Almshouses, Ravenstone *Ann Hopkins Smith Almshouses, Olney (1819) *Goodwin Almshouses, Waddesdon *St Scholastica's Retreat, Princes Risborough (founded in 1861 at Clapton, moved to Princes Risborough 1972)


Cambridgeshire

* Burberry Homes, Buckden * Hospital of St. Anthony and St. Eligius known as Spital House a new-build,
Cambridge Cambridge ( ) is a university city and the county town in Cambridgeshire, England. It is located on the River Cam approximately north of London. As of the 2021 United Kingdom census, the population of Cambridge was 145,700. Cambridge bec ...
* Countess of Hardwicke Almshouses, Arrington * Jakenett's Almshouses, Cambridge * John Street Almshouses, Cambridge (new-build) * Jenyns House, March Almshouse and Pension Charity, March * Kings Street Almshouses, Cambridge * Lady Peyton's Almshouses, Isleham * Mansfield Almshouses, Chesterton, Cambridge * Moretons Charity Almhouses,
Cottenham Cottenham is a village in Cambridgeshire, England. Cottenham is one of the larger villages surrounding the city of Cambridge, located around five miles north of the city. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 Census was 6095. Cottenham ...
(built 1853) * Parsons Almshouses, Ely * Perse Almshouses, Cambridge * Pilgrim's Rest Almshouses, St Ives * South's Almshouses, Buckden (built 1850) * St John's Almshouses, Huntingdon, (built 1847) * Storey's Almshouses, Mount Pleasant, Cambridge *The Cambridge Royal Albert Homes, Cambridge


Cheshire

* Crewe Almshouses, Nantwich (built 1767) * Dixons Almshouses,
Listed buildings in Christleton Christleton is a Civil parishes in England, civil parish in Cheshire West and Chester, England. It contains 32 buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England as designated listed buildings. Of these, three are list ...
*Harriet Hope Almshouses, Crewe Almshouses, Nantwichhe * Hospital of St Lawrence, Acton * Lumley Place Almshouses,
Grade II listed buildings in Chester (east) Chester is a city in Cheshire, England. It contains over 650 structures that are designated as listed buildings by English Heritage and included in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, over 500 are listed at Grade II, the ...
* Nine Houses, Chester, Park Street, only six remain * Tollemache Almshouses, Nantwich (built 1870) * Widows' Almshouses, Nantwich * Wilbraham's Almshouses, Acton (built 1613) * Wilbraham's Almshouses, Nantwich *Wood and Garnett Almshouses, Nantwich *Wood and Garnett Almshouses, Willaston * Wright's Almshouses, Nantwich (built 1638)


Cornwall

* Almshouses, St. Stephen in St. Stephen Brannel * Buller Almshouses, Barker’s Hill, Saltash * Earle’s Retreat, Trelawney Road, Falmouth * Fowey Almshouses, 1 Cobb’s Well, Fowey * Hugh Boscawen Almshouses, Tregony Hill, Tregony * Kensey Place, Dockacre Road, Launceston * Maids House, Quethiock * Morval Almshouses, Morval * Mr Lanyon’s Almshouses, Halvarras Road, Kea * Padstow Almshouses, Middle Street, Padstow * Poads Trust Almshouses, Menheniot * Rashleigh Almshouses, Polmear Hill, Polmear * Sir William Moyle’s Almshouses, Gallery Lane, St Germans


Cumbria

* St Anne's Hospital,
Appleby-in-Westmorland Appleby-in-Westmorland is a market town and civil parish in the Eden District of Cumbria, England, with a population of 3,048 at the 2011 Census. Crossed by the River Eden, Appleby was the county town of the historic county of Westmorland. ...
* Sandes Hospital Cottages in Kendal, 1663.


Derbyshire


Chandos Pole House
Church Street, Barlborough, registered as Barlborough Hospital * Clergy Widows' Almshouses, also known as Spalden's Almshouses, School Lane, Ashbourne * Cooper's Almshouses, 1–11 Derby Road, Ashbourne * London Road Almshouses,
Derby Derby ( ) is a city and unitary authority area in Derbyshire, England. It lies on the banks of the River Derwent in the south of Derbyshire, which is in the East Midlands Region. It was traditionally the county town of Derbyshire. Derby g ...

Matthew Smiths Almshouses
Belper Belper is a town and civil parish in the local government district of Amber Valley in Derbyshire, England, located about north of Derby on the River Derwent. As well as Belper itself, the parish also includes the village of Milford and the ...
* Owlfield and Pegge's Almshouses, Ashbourne * Thomas Cook Almshouses, Melbourne


Devon

* Almshouses, New Street, Great Torrington * Burrough's Almshouses, Church Lane, Broadclyst
Dartmouth United Charities Almshouses
Dartmouth * Colmer Almshouses, Ford * Cockington Almshouses, Cockington Lane, Cockington * Gilberd's Almshouses, Old Exeter Road,
Newton Abbot Newton Abbot is a market town and civil parish on the River Teign in the Teignbridge District of Devon, England. Its 2011 population of 24,029 was estimated to reach 26,655 in 2019. It grew rapidly in the Victorian era as the home of the So ...
(new build) * John Greenway Gardens, Gold Street, Tiverton * Lady Lucy Reynell's Clergy Widows' Houses, Torquay Road,
Newton Abbot Newton Abbot is a market town and civil parish on the River Teign in the Teignbridge District of Devon, England. Its 2011 population of 24,029 was estimated to reach 26,655 in 2019. It grew rapidly in the Victorian era as the home of the So ...
* Mackrell's Almshouses, Wolborough Street,
Newton Abbot Newton Abbot is a market town and civil parish on the River Teign in the Teignbridge District of Devon, England. Its 2011 population of 24,029 was estimated to reach 26,655 in 2019. It grew rapidly in the Victorian era as the home of the So ...
*
Penrose's Almshouses Penrose's Almshouses are 17th-century almshouses in Litchdon Street, Barnstaple, in Devon, England, built in memory of John Penrose (1575–1624), a merchant and Mayor of Barnstaple. They have been a Grade I listed building since 1951. History B ...
, Lichdon Street,
Barnstaple Barnstaple ( or ) is a river-port town in North Devon, England, at the River Taw's lowest crossing point before the Bristol Channel. From the 14th century, it was licensed to export wool and won great wealth. Later it imported Irish wool, bu ...
, built by
Richard Beaple Richard Beaple (1564– 30 December 1643) of Barnstaple, Devon, was a wealthy merchant, ship owner and member of the Spanish Company, and was three times Mayor of Barnstaple in 1607, 1621 and 1635. His elaborate mural monument survives in St Pet ...
* Robert Hayman Almshouses, East Street,
Newton Abbot Newton Abbot is a market town and civil parish on the River Teign in the Teignbridge District of Devon, England. Its 2011 population of 24,029 was estimated to reach 26,655 in 2019. It grew rapidly in the Victorian era as the home of the So ...
* Salem Almshouses, Trinity Street,
Barnstaple Barnstaple ( or ) is a river-port town in North Devon, England, at the River Taw's lowest crossing point before the Bristol Channel. From the 14th century, it was licensed to export wool and won great wealth. Later it imported Irish wool, bu ...
* Spurways Almshouses, Park Street,
Crediton Crediton is a town and civil parish in the Mid Devon district of Devon in England. It stands on the A377 Exeter to Barnstaple road at the junction with the A3072 road to Tiverton, about north west of Exeter and around from the M5 motorwa ...
* Strange & Armory Almshouses, Bridge Plats Way, Londonderry, Bideford (new build) * St Catherine's Almshouses and Chapel, Catherine Street,
Exeter Exeter () is a city in Devon, South West England. It is situated on the River Exe, approximately northeast of Plymouth and southwest of Bristol. In Roman Britain, Exeter was established as the base of Legio II Augusta under the personal comm ...
(ruins - founded by Canon John Stevens DD Doctor of Physick in 1457 to house 13 poor men)


Dorset

* Barnes Homes Almhouses,
Blandford Forum Blandford Forum ( ), commonly Blandford, is a market town in Dorset, England, sited by the River Stour about northwest of Poole. It was the administrative headquarters of North Dorset District until April 2019, when this was abolished and it ...
* Ryves Almshouses,
Blandford Forum Blandford Forum ( ), commonly Blandford, is a market town in Dorset, England, sited by the River Stour about northwest of Poole. It was the administrative headquarters of North Dorset District until April 2019, when this was abolished and it ...
* Daniel Taylors Almshouses,
Bridport Bridport is a market town in Dorset, England, inland from the English Channel near the confluence of the River Brit and its tributary the Asker. Its origins are Saxon and it has a long history as a rope-making centre. On the coast and wit ...
* South Street Almshouse Bridport * Magdalen Almshouses Bridport * Dorchester Municipal Charities, Dorchester * Tregonwell Almshouses,
Milton Abbas Milton Abbas is a village and civil parish in Dorset, England, lying around southwest of Blandford Forum. In the 2011 Census the civil parish had a population of 755. This planned community was built after the old Town was demolished in the ...
* St George's Almshouses,
Poole Poole () is a large coastal town and seaport in Dorset, on the south coast of England. The town is east of Dorchester and adjoins Bournemouth to the east. Since 1 April 2019, the local authority is Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Counc ...
* Shaftesbury Municipal Almshouse Charity,
Shaftesbury Shaftesbury () is a town and civil parish in Dorset, England. It is situated on the A30 road, west of Salisbury, near the border with Wiltshire. It is the only significant hilltop settlement in Dorset, being built about above sea level on a ...
* St Johns' House,
Sherborne Sherborne is a market town and civil parish in north west Dorset, in South West England. It is sited on the River Yeo, on the edge of the Blackmore Vale, east of Yeovil. The parish includes the hamlets of Nether Coombe and Lower Clatcombe. ...
*
Sir Anthony Ashley Sir Anthony Ashley, 1st Baronet, PC (1551 – 13 January 1628) was Clerk of the Privy Council, which was the most senior civil servant in the Privy Council Office. Ashley accompanied the fleet to Cádiz as a representative of the Quee ...
's Almshouses,
Wimborne Minster Wimborne Minster (often referred to as Wimborne, ) is a market town in Dorset in South West England, and the name of the Church of England church in that town. It lies at the confluence of the River Stour and the River Allen, north of P ...
* Stretche's Almshouses, Wareham


Durham

* Durham Aged Mineworkers Homes Association
Chester-le-Street Chester-le-Street (), also known as Chester, is a market town and civil parish in County Durham, England, around north of Durham and also close to Sunderland and Newcastle upon Tyne. It is located on the River Wear, which runs out to sea ...
* Jacob Wright Cottages,
Evenwood Evenwood is a village in County Durham, in England. It is situated to the south west of Bishop Auckland. It is in the civil parish of Evenwood and Barony, which has a population of 2,534 falling to 2,455 at the 2011 Census. A former coal mini ...
* William Russell Bequest,
Brancepeth Brancepeth is a village and civil parish in County Durham, in England. It is situated about from Durham on the A690 road between Durham and Weardale. The population of the civil parish taken at the 2011 census was 414. Brancepeth Castle was u ...
* Fox Almshouses,
Norton Norton may refer to: Places Norton, meaning 'north settlement' in Old English, is a common place name. Places named Norton include: Canada * Rural Municipality of Norton No. 69, Saskatchewan *Norton Parish, New Brunswick **Norton, New Brunswick, a ...
,
Stockton-on-Tees Stockton-on-Tees, often simply referred to as Stockton, is a market town in the Borough of Stockton-on-Tees in County Durham, England. It is on the northern banks of the River Tees, part of the Teesside built-up area. The town had an estimat ...
* Trinity Gardens Almshouses,
Stockton-on-Tees Stockton-on-Tees, often simply referred to as Stockton, is a market town in the Borough of Stockton-on-Tees in County Durham, England. It is on the northern banks of the River Tees, part of the Teesside built-up area. The town had an estimat ...
* St. John of God (Stitchell House), Greatham


Essex

* Barfield's Almshouses, Dedham * Barker's Almshouses, Dedham * Dunton's Almshouses, Dedham * John Henry Keene Memorial Homes,
Chelmsford Chelmsford () is a city in the City of Chelmsford district in the county of Essex, England. It is the county town of Essex and one of three cities in the county, along with Southend-on-Sea and Colchester. It is located north-east of Londo ...
* Shen Place Almshouses,
Shenfield Shenfield is a commuter suburb of Brentwood, in the borough of Brentwood, Essex, England. In 2020, the suburb was estimated to have a population of 5,396. History The old village (now town), by the church and Green Dragon pub, lies along the ...
* Sir William Petre Almshouses, Ingatestone * South Weald Almshouses, South Weald * Fuller House (The Almshouses), Church Road, Stansted Mountfitchet


Gloucestershire

* Almshouses, Great
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* Christopher & Sarah Bowley's Almshouses, Tetbury * Newlands almshouses, Newlands * Perry & Dawes Almshouses,
Wotton-under-Edge Wotton-under-Edge is a market town within the Stroud district of Gloucestershire, England. Located near the southern fringe of the Cotswolds, the Cotswold Way long-distance footpath passes through the town. Standing on the B4058, Wotton is ab ...
* St Lawrence's Almshouses,
Cirencester Cirencester (, ; see below for more variations) is a market town in Gloucestershire, England, west of London. Cirencester lies on the River Churn, a tributary of the River Thames, and is the largest town in the Cotswolds. It is the home of ...
* The Gorse Almshouses, Coleford


Hampshire

* Deane's Almshouses, Basingstoke: ''see Grade II* listed buildings in Basingstoke and Deane'' * Forbes Almshouses, East Meon * Geffery's House, Hook * Thorner's Homes, Southampton: founded by Robert Thorner in his Will of 1690, the first almshouses opened in 1793, after much arguing with the trustees of the time, over other gifts in his Will, such as to Harvard College. The charity houses poor widows and single women of limited financial means over 55 years of age. * Hospital of St Cross, Winchester: said to be the oldest charitable institution in England. Founded by
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, Bishop of Winchester, in 1136. Home for 25 elderly men, known as Brothers, under a Master. They belong to the Order of the Hospital of St Cross founded c.1132 and wear black trencher hats and robes with silver Jerusalem cross badge. The Order of Noble Poverty, founded 1445, wear claret trencher hats and robes with silver cardinal's badge in memory of
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Herefordshire

* Coningsby Hospital * Duppa's Almshouses, Pembridge, which are Grade II listed * The Lazarus Hospital * Lingen Hospital * Saint Ethelbert's Hospital * Saint Giles' Hospital * Williams' Hospital, Hereford (built 1601) * Prices Almshouses * Aubrey's Almshouses * Rudhall Almshouses,
Ross-on-Wye Ross-on-Wye (Welsh: ''Rhosan ar Wy'') is a market town in England, near the border with Wales. It had a population of 10,582 according to the 2011 census, estimated at 11,309 in 2019. It lies in south-eastern Herefordshire, on the River Wye a ...


Hertfordshire

* Baish Almshouses, Stanstead Abbots *
Buntingford almshouses Buntingford Almshouses is a grade II* listed building on the High street of the Hertfordshire town of Buntingford. The building was erected in 1684 by the mathematician and astronomer Bishop Seth Ward (bishop), Seth Ward who was born in the town. ...
, Buntingford * Harrison Almshouses,
Ware Ware may refer to: People * Ware (surname) * William of Ware (), English Franciscan theologian Places Canada * Fort Ware, British Columbia United Kingdom * Ware, Devon *Ware, Hertfordshire * Ware, Kent United States * Ware, Elmore County ...
* Monson Almshouses,
Broxbourne Broxbourne is a town and former civil parish, now in the unparished area of Hoddesdon, in the Broxbourne district, in Hertfordshire, England, north of London, with a population of 15,303 at the 2011 Census.Broxbourne Town population 2011 I ...
* St Mary's Almshouses,
Ware Ware may refer to: People * Ware (surname) * William of Ware (), English Franciscan theologian Places Canada * Fort Ware, British Columbia United Kingdom * Ware, Devon *Ware, Hertfordshire * Ware, Kent United States * Ware, Elmore County ...
* Bedford Almshouses (
Harpur Trust The Harpur Trust is a charity in Bedford, England. The stated aim of the charity is to help and support the people who live in and around Bedford, and to help them improve their lives by: * providing and promoting education * offering help and ...
), Bedford * Bedford Almshouses, Watford * Warners Almshouses, Hitchin * Sayer Almshouses, High Street, Berkhamsted * Skynner's Almshouses, Hitchin * The Cloisters, Radcliffe Rd, Hitchin * Wynn Almshouses,
Baldock Baldock ( ) is a historic market town and unparished area in the local government district of North Hertfordshire in the county of Hertfordshire, England, where the River Ivel rises. It lies north of London, southeast of Bedford, and north n ...


Isle of Wight

* Hopsley's Almshouses, Crocker Street, Newport


Kent

* Charles Amherst Almshouses, Royal Tunbridge Wells * Cutbush & Corrall Charity, Maidstone and Harrietsham *
Eastbridge Hospital of St Thomas the Martyr, Canterbury Eastbridge Hospital, also known as The Hospital of Saint Thomas Becket the Martyr, is a Hospital in the old sense of the word short for Hospitality and was founded in the 12th century in Canterbury, England, to provide overnight accommodation fo ...
, which is a Grade I listed *
Faversham Almshouses Faversham Almshouses are Grade II listed Almshouses in Faversham, Kent. History Almshouses for six widows were founded and endowed by Thomas Mendfield in 1614. In 1721 Thomas Napleton founded and endowed houses for six men. In 1840, Henry W ...
* Foord Almshouses, Borstal *
French Hospital (La Providence) The French Hospital was founded in 1718 in Finsbury on behalf of poor French Protestants and their descendants residing in Great Britain. In the 1860s it moved into the spectacular purpose-built hospital designed by Robert Lewis Roumieu in Victor ...
,
Rochester Rochester may refer to: Places Australia * Rochester, Victoria Canada * Rochester, Alberta United Kingdom *Rochester, Kent ** City of Rochester-upon-Medway (1982–1998), district council area ** History of Rochester, Kent ** HM Prison ...
(founded in 1718) * Gartley Cottages, Dartford * Hayward's Almshouses, Rochester * The Hospital of Sir John Hawkins, Knight, Chatham (founded in 1594) * John & Ann Smiths's Hospital, Canterbury * Loam Court, Dartford * Manwood Almshouses, Canterbury * Municipal Charities of Dover * Nuckell's Almshouse, St. Peters, Broadstairs * The Retreat, Sevenoaks *
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Almshouses,
Rochester Rochester may refer to: Places Australia * Rochester, Victoria Canada * Rochester, Alberta United Kingdom *Rochester, Kent ** City of Rochester-upon-Medway (1982–1998), district council area ** History of Rochester, Kent ** HM Prison ...
(founded 1579) * St. Catherine's Hospital, Rochester (founded 1315) * St John's Hospital, Northgate, Canterbury (1084) * St. Thomas Almshouses, Gravesend * Trinity Court Almshouses, Aylesford * Twisleton Almshouses, Dartford * New College Almshouse,
Cobham, Kent Cobham () is a village and civil parish in the borough of Gravesham in Kent, England. The village is located south-east of Gravesend, and just south of Watling Street, the Roman road from Dover to London. The parish, which includes the hamlet ...
(built 1362, founded by Sir John de Cobham, based on a medieval chantry, partly rebuilt 1598 and occupied by elderly of the parish) * Wrott and Hill Charity, Sutton-at-Hone


Lancashire

* Bank Top Almshouses,
Blackburn Blackburn () is an industrial town and the administrative centre of the Blackburn with Darwen borough in Lancashire, England. The town is north of the West Pennine Moors on the southern edge of the Ribble Valley, east of Preston and north-n ...
* Hartley Homes in Laneshawbridge,
Colne Colne () is a market town and civil parish in the Borough of Pendle in Lancashire, England. Located northeast of Nelson, north-east of Burnley, east of Preston and west of Leeds. The town should not be confused with the unrelated Colne Val ...
* John Brabin's Almshouses, Chipping * Lathom House Almshouses,
Lathom Lathom is a village and civil parish in Lancashire, England, about 3 miles (5 km) northeast of Ormskirk. It is in the district of West Lancashire, and with the parish of Newburgh forms part of Newburgh ward. The population of the civil par ...
* Nancy Derbyshire Almshouses,
Blackburn Blackburn () is an industrial town and the administrative centre of the Blackburn with Darwen borough in Lancashire, England. The town is north of the West Pennine Moors on the southern edge of the Ribble Valley, east of Preston and north-n ...
* Stydd Almshouses, Ribchester * The Penny Almshouses, Lancaster


Leicestershire

* Bede House (or Maison Dieu), Burton Street founded in 1640 by Robert Hudson (created a baronet by Charles II) and remodelled in 1875,
Melton Mowbray Melton Mowbray () is a town in Leicestershire, England, north-east of Leicester, and south-east of Nottingham. It lies on the River Eye, known below Melton as the Wreake. The town had a population 27,670 in 2019. The town is sometimes promo ...
*
Lyddington Bede House Lyddington Bede House is a historic house in Rutland, England, owned and opened to the public by English Heritage. The existing Grade I listed building is a part of a former palace of the Bishops of Lincoln, situated next to St Andrew's Church ...
(originally Bishop's Palace, sold at Reformation as town house and then became a almshouse – building open and run by English Heritage), Lyddington * Misses Moore’s Almshouses,
Appleby Magna Appleby Magna is a village and civil parish in Leicestershire, England. It includes the small hamlets of Appleby Parva and Little Wigston. The parish has a total collective population of 1,084 (2011) spread across 500 properties (2020), with ...
, built in 1839 * Powell & Welch Almshouse Charity
Bitteswell Bitteswell is a small village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Bitteswell with Bittesby, in the Harborough district of Leicestershire in England. It is situated just north of the town of Lutterworth, and in the 2001 census had ...
* Ravenstone Court,
Coalville Coalville is an industrial town in the district of North West Leicestershire, Leicestershire in the East Midlands of England, with a population at the 2011 census of 34,575. It lies on the A511 trunk road between Leicester and Burton upon Tr ...
* Trinity Hospital Almshouses, The Newarke, Leicester * Wyggeston's Hospital, Leicester ''see William Wyggeston''


Lincolnshire

* Bede Houses,
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* Orme Almshouses,
Louth Louth may refer to: Australia *Hundred of Louth, a cadastral unit in South Australia * Louth, New South Wales, a town * Louth Bay, a bay in South Australia **Louth Bay, South Australia, a town and locality Canada * Louth, Ontario Ireland * Cou ...
* Bede Houses, Tattershall *
Browne's Hospital, Stamford Browne's Hospital is a medieval almshouse in Stamford, Lincolnshire, England. It was founded in 1485 by wealthy wool merchant William Browne to provide a home and a house of prayer for twelve poor men and two poor women. History The Hospital ...
, founded in 1485 and now Grade II* listed. * Dawson's Almshouses,
Grantham Grantham () is a market and industrial town in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England, situated on the banks of the River Witham and bounded to the west by the A1 road. It lies some 23 miles (37 km) south of the Lincoln and ...
* Fryer's Hospital, Stamford * Lord Burghley's Almshouse, Stamford, founded 1597 to house 13 old men, one of whom was to serve as warden. Founded on site of the Medieval Hospital of St John the Baptist and St Thomas the Martyr which was founded c 1190 under Peterborough Abbey for the use of pilgrims and the poor. In disuse by the c16 when only the chapel continued in use. Bought in 1549 by William Cecil, Lord Burghley. * St Peter's Callis, Stamford * Snowden's Hospital, Stamford * Truesdale's Hospital, Stamford * Williamson's Hospital, Stamford * Hopkin's Hospital, Stamford * The Spalding Town Husbands, over forty properties across the town, many new-builds, run by one charitable organisation *Long Sutton Consolidated


Greater London


Barnet

* Jesus Hospital is a charity administering over one hundred almshouses in the Barnet area. * Lawrence Campe Almshouses, Whetstone, built around 1612 and funded by
Lawrence Campe Lawrence Campe (died 1613) was a draper's merchant and citizen of the City of London who gave money to build almshouses in "Fryan Barnett". The Lawrence Campe Almshouses The Lawrence Campe Almshouses at Friern Barnet Lane, Whetstone, London, a ...
, a draper's merchant in the
City of London The City of London is a city, ceremonial county and local government district that contains the historic centre and constitutes, alongside Canary Wharf, the primary central business district (CBD) of London. It constituted most of London f ...
* Leathersellers' Close, Barnet set up by the
Worshipful Company of Leathersellers The Worshipful Company of Leathersellers is one of the livery companies of the City of London. The organisation originates from the latter part of the fourteenth century and received its Royal Charter in 1444, and is therefore the senior leath ...
* Wilbraham Almshouses, Barnet (founded 1616)


Bexley

* Styleman's Almshouses (built in 1755)


Bromley

*
Free Watermen and Lightermen's Almshouses The Free Watermen and Lightermen's Almshouses (generally known as the Royal Watermen's Almshouses) on Beckenham Road / Penge High Street, Penge, London Borough of Bromley were built in 1840–1841 to designs by the architect George PorterJohn New ...
, also known as Royal Watermen's Almshouses, Beckenham Road / Penge High Street, Penge
Sir Robert Geffyre Almshouses, Mottingham


Camden

* Greenwoods Almshouses, Camden * St Giles in the Fields Almshouses, Covent Garden * St Pancras Almshouses


Chelsea

* Royal Chelsea Hospital, retirement & nursing home established in 1682 by Charles II for 300 veterans of the British Army


Croydon

* Whitgift Almshouses,
Whitgift Foundation The Whitgift Foundation is a charity based in Croydon, South London, England. The purpose of the charity is to provide education for the young and care for the elderly. The main activities of the charity are the operation of three independent ...
, Croydon


Enfield

* Wright's Almshouses,
Enfield Enfield may refer to: Places Australia * Enfield, New South Wales * Enfield, South Australia ** Electoral district of Enfield, a state electoral district in South Australia, corresponding to the suburb ** Enfield High School (South Australia) ...


Greenwich

* Penns Almshouses, South Street,
Greenwich Greenwich ( , ,) is a town in south-east London, England, within the ceremonial county of Greater London. It is situated east-southeast of Charing Cross. Greenwich is notable for its maritime history and for giving its name to the Greenwich ...

Thomas Philipot's Almshouses
Eltham Eltham ( ) is a district of southeast London, England, within the Royal Borough of Greenwich. It is east-southeast of Charing Cross, and is identified in the London Plan as one of 35 major centres in Greater London. The three wards of E ...
* Trinity Hospital


Hackney

* ''former'' Geffrye almshouses,
Hoxton Hoxton is an area in the London Borough of Hackney, England. As a part of Shoreditch, it is often considered to be part of the East End – the historic core of wider East London. It was historically in the county of Middlesex until 1889. It li ...
, now the Geffrye Museum


Hammersmith and Fulham

* Sir William Powell's Almshouses, at Church Gate, Fulham, built in 1869 and Grade II* listed * St Joseph's Almshouses,
Brook Green Brook Green is an affluent London neighbourhood in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham. It is located approximately west of Charing Cross. It is bordered by Kensington, Holland Park, Shepherd's Bush, Hammersmith and Brackenbury Vi ...
; built in 1851 and Grade II listed


Haringey

* Drapers' Almshouses,
Bruce Grove Bruce Grove is a ward in Tottenham, enclosed by Lordship Recreation Ground, Lordship Lane, Philip Lane, and the High Road. The population of the ward at the 2011 Census was 14,483. Nearby Bruce Castle was named after Robert the Bruce. When Ro ...
, Tottenham * Forster's Almshouses, Tottenham * Fullers Almshouses,
Wood Green Wood Green is a suburban district in the borough of London Borough of Haringey, Haringey in London, England. Its postal district is N22, with parts in N8 or N15. The London Plan identifies it as one of the metropolitan centres in Greater Lond ...


Hounslow

* Butler’s Almshouses, Byfield Road, Isleworth * Farnell’s Almshouses, St John’s Road, Isleworth * Hopkin Morris Homes of Rest, Strand-on-the-Green, Chiswick * Ingram’s Almshouses, Mill Plat, Isleworth * Sermon's Almshouses, Twickenham Road, Isleworth


Kingston upon Thames

* Cleaves Almshouses, Kingston upon Thames (founded in 1550)


Lambeth

* Caron's Almshouses, Fentiman Road, SW8 * City of London Almshouses (Gresham Almshouses), Ferndale Road, Brixton * Thrale Almshouses, Streatham * Trinity Homes (Bailey's Almshouses), Acre Lane, Brixton


Lewisham

* Merchant Taylors' Boone's Charity, Boone's Chapel built 1683


Merton

* Mary Tate's Almshouses,
Mitcham Mitcham is an area within the London Borough of Merton in South London, England. It is centred southwest of Charing Cross. Originally a village in the county of Surrey, today it is mainly a residential suburb, and includes Mitcham Common. It h ...


Richmond upon Thames

* Benn's Walk, Richmond, built in 1983. They were built on the site of Benn's Cottages, which had been developed on land endowed by William Smithet in 1727 to the charity that was then administering Michel's Almshouses. * Bishop Duppa's Almshouses, Richmond, founded by
Brian Duppa Brian Duppa (also spelled Bryan; 10 March 1589 – 26 March 1662) was an English bishop, chaplain to the royal family, Royalist and adviser to Charles I of England. Life He was educated at Westminster School and Christ Church, Oxford, graduati ...
, Bishop of Winchester, in 1661 and now Grade II listed. *
Candler Almshouses Candler Almshouses are almshouses at 79 Amyand Park Road, Twickenham TW1 3HJ in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, England. The ten almshouses are now managed by The Richmond Charities. New residents are accepted from 65 years of a ...
,
Twickenham Twickenham is a suburban district in London, England. It is situated on the River Thames southwest of Charing Cross. Historically part of Middlesex, it has formed part of the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames since 1965, and the boroug ...
were built in 1936 and are named after William Candler, a local grocer who left money to build them. * Church Estate Almshouses, Richmond; Grade II listed. Most of the buildings date from 1843 but the charity that built them is known to have existed in
Queen Elizabeth I Elizabeth I (7 September 153324 March 1603) was Queen of England and Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death in 1603. Elizabeth was the last of the five House of Tudor monarchs and is sometimes referred to as the "Virgin Queen". El ...
's time and may have much earlier origins. * Hickey's Almshouses, Richmond. Twenty almshouses, built in 1834, are Grade II* listed. A later block of almshouses, built in 1851 in the same style, is listed at Grade II. * Houblon's Almshouses, Richmond; Grade II* listed. The oldest almshouses were built in 1757; a further two almshouses were built in 1857. * 10–18 Manning Place, Richmond. The property was built in 1993 and was purchased in 2017 by The
Richmond Charities The Richmond Charities is an almshouse charity based in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames with its origins dating back to 1600. The charity provides affordable housing for people in housing need. It also administers two relief-in-need ...
for use as almshouses. * Michel's Almshouses, Richmond; Grade II listed. The original ten almshouses were built in 1696 and were rebuilt in 1811. Another six almshouses were added in 1858. *
Queen Elizabeth's Almshouses, Richmond Queen Elizabeth's Almhouses are almshouses in Richmond, London, founded by Sir George Wright in 1600 (during the reign of Elizabeth I of England, Elizabeth I) to house eight poor aged women. Known originally as the "lower almshouses", they were ...
, founded in 1600. They were rebuilt in 1767 and again in 1857. They were damaged during
World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing ...
and replaced with four newly built houses in 1955. *
Tollemache Almshouses The Tollemache Almshouses, also known as the Wilbraham Almshouses or Wilbraham's Almshouses, are six former almshouses in Nantwich, Cheshire, England. They are in two blocks of three cottages each, located on the north side of Welsh Row at num ...
,
Ham Ham is pork from a leg cut that has been preserved by wet or dry curing, with or without smoking."Bacon: Bacon and Ham Curing" in ''Chambers's Encyclopædia''. London: George Newnes, 1961, Vol. 2, p. 39. As a processed meat, the term "ham ...
, founded in 1892.


Southwark

* Edward Allyn's Almshouses, Old College, Dulwich * Hopton's Almshouses, Bankside * Draper Almshouses, Glasshill Street


Tower Hamlets

*
Norton Folgate Norton Folgate is a short length of street in London, connecting Bishopsgate with Shoreditch High Street, on the northern edge of the City of London. It constitutes a short section of the A10 road, the former Roman Ermine Street. Its name is a ...
Almshouses, Spitalfields * Trinity Green Almshouses, Mile End


Wandsworth

* Abraham Dawes Almshouses,
Putney Putney () is a district of southwest London, England, in the London Borough of Wandsworth, southwest of Charing Cross. The area is identified in the London Plan as one of 35 major centres in Greater London. History Putney is an ancient paris ...
* Dovedale Cottages, Battersea * St Clement Danes Holborn Estate Almshouses and Chapel,
Tooting Tooting is a district in South London, forming part of the London Borough of Wandsworth and partly in the London Borough of Merton. It is located south south-west of Charing Cross. History Tooting has been settled since pre- Saxon times ...


Westminster

* Westminster Almshouses, Rochester Row


Norfolk

* Fulmerston's Almshouses,
Thetford Thetford is a market town and civil parish in the Breckland District of Norfolk, England. It is on the A11 road between Norwich and London, just east of Thetford Forest. The civil parish, covering an area of , in 2015 had a population of 24, ...
*
Great Hospital The Great Hospital is a medieval hospital that has been serving the people of Norwich in Norfolk, UK, since the 13th century. It is situated on a site in a bend of the River Wensum to the north-east of Norwich Cathedral. Founded in 1249 by Bi ...
,
Norwich Norwich () is a cathedral city and district of Norfolk, England, of which it is the county town. Norwich is by the River Wensum, about north-east of London, north of Ipswich and east of Peterborough. As the seat of the See of Norwich, with ...
(founded 1249) * Trinity Hospital, Castle Rising, King's Lynn


Northamptonshire

* Almshouses, Church Brampton (built in 1854 by Earl Spencer in memory of his parents, for six poor widows) * Bede House,
Higham Ferrers Higham Ferrers is a market town and civil parish in the Nene Valley in North Northamptonshire, England, close to the Cambridgeshire and Bedfordshire borders. It forms a single built-up area with Rushden to the south and has an estimated popula ...
(built in 1423 by Archbishop Henry Chichele, for 12 men and one woman to look after them) * Sawyers Almshouses, Sheep Street,
Kettering Kettering is a market and industrial town in North Northamptonshire, England. It is located north of London and north-east of Northampton, west of the River Ise, a tributary of the River Nene. The name means "the place (or territory) of ...
(built in 1688) * Raynesford Almshouses, 1–4 Church Street, Dallington, Northampton (founded 1673 by Richard Raynsford, a lawyer who became Chief Justice of the King's Bench under Charles II and lived at the manor house, buried in the church,) * Jesus Hospital, Hospital Hill (off Market Square), Rothwell (built in 1593 by Owen Ragsdale, schoolmaster of the grammar school (which was on the site of the library and closed in the 1970s), for 24 Almsmen and a Principal, still an almshouse but with 2 three storey extensions built in 1830s. The original building now has four larger flats, the extensions have six small flats, there is also a Warden's house (late c18) and opposite the Matron's cottage (1840) which is rented out. The trust also owns the adjoining building, Home Farm, and the car park area outside which adjoins Market Square) * Ponder's Almshouses, possibly the row of six houses on Glendon Road, opposite Ponder Street or where the bungalows on Ponder Street are now,
Rothwell, Northamptonshire Rothwell is a market town in North Northamptonshire, England. It is close to three larger towns, situated 4 miles .4kmnorthwest of Kettering, 7 miles 1kmsoutheast of Market Harborough and 8 miles 2.8kmsouthwest of Corby. Rothwell's nearest ...
– 6 small tenements erected in or about 1714 by Thomas Ponder and three roods of land adjoining for poor widows of Rothwell * Almshouses, Wellingborough Road,
Rushden Rushden is a market town and civil parish in North Northamptonshire, England, around east of Northampton. The parish is on the border with Bedfordshire, north of Bedford. The parish of Rushden covers an area of some . The population of Rushde ...
(built in 1883 in memory of Frederick Maitland Sartoris by his father) * Pickering Hospital, 6 cottages erected and endowed for support of 8 poor persons with preference for spinsters or widows Almshouses, Titchmarsh (dating from 1756) * ''former'' Montague Hospital, Stamford Road,
Weekley Weekley is a small village and civil parish in the English county of Northamptonshire, on the outskirts of Kettering. The village's name probably means, 'wood/clearing by the Romano-British vicus', a trading settlement. There are two known Ro ...
(dated 1611: now a private house, used as Mr Collin's Vicarage in Keira Knightley's Film "Pride & Prejudice") * Almshouses, Creaton (dating from 1825 and rebuilt in 1897) * The Hospital of St John Baptist and St John Evangelist (aka St John's Hospital), Bridge Street, Northampton (founded circa 1140), sold in 1870 to a Mr Mullinger who gave it to Roman Catholic Church. Refounded 1876 at Weston Favell as a convalescent hospital and is now a restaurant. * St Thomas' Hospital Building, 74 St Giles Street, Northampton (founded 1450), on site of what is currently the Plough Hotel, for 12 poor people. In 1654 Sir John Langham funded an additional 6 people and Richard Massingberd another 1. Building abandoned 1834, demolished in 1874 during road widening for the new cattle market and its residents moved to a new building on St Giles Street. The new almshouse with distinctive castellations and stucco 2 storey front built in 1834. In addition is plaque remembering the important charity own, and still own, the whole block above 39 St Giles Street. * 1–6 Crick Road,
West Haddon West or Occident is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from east and is the direction in which the Sun sets on the Earth. Etymology The word "west" is a Germanic word passed into some R ...
(built 1870 for retired people from West Haddon)


Nottinghamshire

* Albert Ball Memorial Homes, Lenton,
Nottingham Nottingham ( , locally ) is a city and unitary authority area in Nottinghamshire, East Midlands, England. It is located north-west of London, south-east of Sheffield and north-east of Birmingham. Nottingham has links to the legend of Robi ...
* Old School and Almshouses,
Bunny Rabbits, also known as bunnies or bunny rabbits, are small mammals in the family Leporidae (which also contains the hares) of the order Lagomorpha (which also contains the pikas). ''Oryctolagus cuniculus'' includes the European rabbit sp ...
(built in 1700) * Almshouses, Main Street, Grove * Almshouses,
Perlethorpe cum Budby Perlethorpe cum Budby is a civil parish in the Newark and Sherwood district, within the county of Nottinghamshire, England. The overall area had a population of 183 at the 2011 census. The parish lies in the north west of the county and distri ...
(built c. 1890) * Almshouses,
West Bridgford West Bridgford is a town and the administrative centre of the Borough of Rushcliffe in the county of Nottinghamshire, England. It lies immediately south of the city of Nottingham, from which the River Trent divides it. Forming part of the Not ...
* Dorothy Boot Homes,
Wilford Wilford is a village in the city of Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England. The village is to the northeast of Clifton, southwest of West Bridgford, northwest of Ruddington and southwest of Nottingham city centre. It is at a meander of the Rive ...
, Nottingham * The United Charities of Abel Collin, Beeston * The Brunts Charity, Toothill Lane/Leeming Street, Mansfield *
Frances Longden Almshouses The Frances Jane Longden Almshouses were erected in 1852 in Bramcote, Nottinghamshire Nottinghamshire (; abbreviated Notts.) is a landlocked county in the East Midlands region of England, bordering South Yorkshire to the north-west, Linc ...
, Bramcote * Willoughby Almshouses, Cossall: erected in 1685 * Sloswicke's Hospital, Churchgate,
East Retford East or Orient is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from west and is the direction from which the Sun rises on the Earth. Etymology As in other languages, the word is formed from the fac ...
* Holy Trinity Hospital, Hospital Road,
West Retford West or Occident is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from east and is the direction in which the Sun sets on the Earth. Etymology The word "west" is a Germanic word passed into some R ...
* Heath's Hospital, Mansfield *
Plumptre Hospital Plumptre Hospital was a charity in Nottingham providing almshouse accommodation for 599 years from 1392 to 1991. History John de Plumptre, Mayor of Nottingham, founded Plumptre Hospital in 1392. It was dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary and su ...
, Nottingham (founded in 1392) * Canning Terrace, Canning Circus, Nottingham * William Woodsend Memorial Homes, Nottingham * Miss Cullen's Almshouses,
Carrington, Nottingham Carrington is a small suburb of Nottingham, England, located approximately north of Nottingham city centre. It lies next to the areas of Sherwood, Mapperley, Forest Fields, Basford, Sherwood Rise and the Forest Recreation Ground. Amenities ...
* George Wills Almshouses, Clifton, Nottingham * Daybrook Almshouses, Arnold, Nottingham *
Mary Hardstaff Homes The Mary Hardstaff Homes, are 10 almshouses on Arnold Lane in Gedling, Nottingham. These were built as Almshouses in 1936 for the widows and orphans of miners by the builders Greenwoods of Mansfield. The design by the architect Thomas Cecil Howi ...
,
Gedling Gedling is a village in the Gedling district, in Nottinghamshire, England, four miles northeast of Nottingham city centre. The population at the 2011 census of the ward was 6,817 and 111,787 for the district. Gedling was recorded in the Dome ...
, Nottingham * Norris Almshouses, Sherwood, Nottingham * Winnings Almshouses,
Welbeck Abbey Welbeck Abbey in the Dukeries in North Nottinghamshire was the site of a monastery belonging to the Premonstratensian order in England and after the Dissolution of the Monasteries, a country house residence of the Dukes of Portland. It is o ...
,
Worksop Worksop ( ) is a market town in the Bassetlaw District in Nottinghamshire, England. It is located east-south-east of Sheffield, close to Nottinghamshire's borders with South Yorkshire and Derbyshire, on the River Ryton and not far from th ...


Oxfordshire

* Angier's Almshouses, Wallingford * Almshouse of Robert Stiles,
Wantage Wantage () is a historic market town and civil parish in Oxfordshire, England. Although within the boundaries of the historic county of Berkshire, it has been administered as part of the Vale of White Horse district of Oxfordshire since 1974. T ...
* Bread & Beef Almshouses,
Witney Witney is a market town on the River Windrush in West Oxfordshire in the county of Oxfordshire, England. It is west of Oxford. The place-name "Witney" is derived from the Old English for "Witta's island". The earliest known record of it is as ...
* Castle's Almshouses, Guildenford *
Christ's Hospital Christ's Hospital is a public school (English independent boarding school for pupils aged 11–18) with a royal charter located to the south of Horsham in West Sussex. The school was founded in 1552 and received its first royal charter in 1553. ...
, Abingdon * Drayton Almshouses, Drayton * Ewelme Hospital * Geering's Alsmhouses, Harwell * Goring Heath Almshouses,
Goring Heath Goring Heath is a hamlet and civil parish in the Chiltern Hills in South Oxfordshire. The civil parish includes the villages of Whitchurch Hill and Crays Pond and some small hamlets. Goring Heath is centred southeast of Goring-on-Thames and ...
* Holloway's Almshouses,
Witney Witney is a market town on the River Windrush in West Oxfordshire in the county of Oxfordshire, England. It is west of Oxford. The place-name "Witney" is derived from the Old English for "Witta's island". The earliest known record of it is as ...
* Longland Almshouses, Henley-on-Thames * Newberry Almshouses, Henley-on-Thames * Dr. Radcliffe's Almhouses,
Steeple Aston Steeple Aston is a village and civil parish on the edge of the Cherwell Valley, in the Cherwell District of Oxfordshire, England, about north of Oxford, west of Bicester, and south of Banbury. The 2011 Census recorded the parish populatio ...
* Stones Court, City of Oxford * Tomkins Almshouses, Abingdon * Town Lands Of Wantage,
Wantage Wantage () is a historic market town and civil parish in Oxfordshire, England. Although within the boundaries of the historic county of Berkshire, it has been administered as part of the Vale of White Horse district of Oxfordshire since 1974. T ...
* Twitty's Almshouses, Abingdon * Warwick Almshouses,
Burford Burford () is a town on the River Windrush, in the Cotswold hills, in the West Oxfordshire district of Oxfordshire, England. It is often referred to as the 'gateway' to the Cotswolds. Burford is located west of Oxford and southeast of Che ...


Shropshire

* Almshouses, Sheinston Street, Much Wenlock * Cludde Almshouses, 12 The Avenue,
Wrockwardine Wrockwardine (pronounced "Rock-war-deen/dyne") is a village and civil parish in the borough of Telford and Wrekin and ceremonial county of Shropshire, England. It lies north of The Wrekin and the M54/ A5, and west of Wellington. There is a Chur ...
(now private houses) * Ercall Magna Almshouses, Shrewsbury Road,
Ercall Magna Ercall may relate to a number of things in Shropshire, England: *Ercall Hill, a small hill to the north of the Wrekin near Wellington *High Ercall High Ercall, also known in the past as Ercall Magna, is a village in the borough of Telford and Wre ...
* Foxes Almshouses and Hosier's Almshouses, together managed as Hoysers in
Ludlow Ludlow () is a market town in Shropshire, England. The town is significant in the history of the Welsh Marches and in relation to Wales. It is located south of Shrewsbury and north of Hereford, on the A49 road which bypasses the town. The ...
* Mercers' Almshouses, Shrewsbury * Millington's Hospital, Shrewsbury, architect John Hiram Haycock * St Leonard's,
Bridgnorth Bridgnorth is a town in Shropshire, England. The River Severn splits it into High Town and Low Town, the upper town on the right bank and the lower on the left bank of the River Severn. The population at the 2011 Census was 12,079. Histor ...
*
Shrewsbury Drapers Company The Shrewsbury Drapers Company was a trade organisation founded in 1462 in the town of Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England. The members were wholesale dealers in wool and later woollen cloth. The Company dominated the trade in Welsh cloth and in 1 ...
almshouses, Shrewsbury * Town Almshouses, Newport * Weston Park Almshouses,
Weston Park Weston Park is a country house in Weston-under-Lizard, Staffordshire, England, set in more than of park landscaped by Capability Brown. The park is located north-west of Wolverhampton, and north-east of Telford, close to the border with Shrop ...
, Weston-under-Lizard


Somerset

* Almshouses, Minehead * Almshouses, Shepton Mallet * Blue House, Frome, built in 1726 and Grade I listed * Bridges Almshouses, Keynsham * City of Wells Almshouses, Priest Row, Wells * Gray's Almshouses, Taunton, which are Grade I listed * Helyar Almshouses, East Coker, erected between 1640 and 1660 and now Grade II listed * Milward Almshouses, Keynsham * Old Almshouse,
Axbridge Axbridge is a small town in Somerset, England, in the Sedgemoor district on the River Axe, near the southern edge of the Mendip Hills. The town's population according to the 2011 census was 2,057. History ''Axanbrycg'' is suggested as the sou ...
*
Partis College, Bath Partis College on Newbridge Hill, Bath, Somerset, England, was built as large block of almshouses between 1825 and 1827. It has been designated as a Grade I listed building. It was founded by Ann and Fletcher Partis for women "who had been lef ...
, built as large block of almshouses between 1825 and 1827, now Grade I listed * Sexey's Hospital,
Bruton Bruton ( ) is a market town, electoral ward, and civil parish in Somerset, England, on the River Brue and the A359 between Frome and Yeovil. It is 7 miles (11 km) south-east of Shepton Mallet, just south of Snakelake Hill and Coombe Hill, 10 ...
, built around 1630. The West Wing and chapel are Grade I listed. The East Wing and gateway are Grade II listed. * St John's Hospital, Bath, which is Grade I listed * St Margaret's Almshouses, Taunton * William Portman Almshouses, Staple Fitzpaine, which are Grade II* listed * Woborn Almshouses,
Yeovil Yeovil ( ) is a town and civil parish in the district of South Somerset, England. The population of Yeovil at the last census (2011) was 45,784. More recent estimates show a population of 48,564. It is close to Somerset's southern border with ...


Staffordshire

* Almshouses, Manor Road,
Kings Bromley Kings Bromley is a village and civil parish in Staffordshire, England on the junction of the A515 and the A513 roads. The village lies in Lichfield District, and the council ward of Kings Bromley had a population of 1,651 at the time of the 2001 ...
* Ash Almshouses, also called Joliffe Almshouses, Broad Street/Compton, Leek * Bagot Almshouses, Bagot Street,
Abbots Bromley Abbots Bromley is a village and civil parish in the East Staffordshire district of Staffordshire and lies approximately east of Stafford, England. According to the University of Nottingham English Place-names project, the settlement name Abbots ...
* Condlyffe Almshouses, Condlyffe Road, Leek * Dame Paulet's Almshouses,
Burton upon Trent Burton upon Trent, also known as Burton-on-Trent or simply Burton, is a market town in the borough of East Staffordshire in the county of Staffordshire, England, close to the border with Derbyshire. In 2011, it had a population of 72,299. The ...
* Dr Milley's Hospital,
Lichfield Lichfield () is a cathedral city and civil parish in Staffordshire, England. Lichfield is situated roughly south-east of the county town of Stafford, south-east of Rugeley, north-east of Walsall, north-west of Tamworth and south-west o ...
*
Thomas Guy Thomas Guy (1644 – 27 December 1724) was a British bookseller, investor in the South Sea Company, member of Parliament, and the founder of Guy's Hospital, London. Early life Thomas Guy was born in Horselydown in Southwark, in south London, ...
's Almshouses, Tamworth * Hospital of St John Baptist without the Barrs, Lichfield * Sir Martin Noel's Almshouses, Mill Street, Stafford (founded in 1660) * Walter Holdnall Almshouses,
Kinver Kinver is a large village in the District of South Staffordshire in Staffordshire, England. It is in the far south-west of the county, at the end of the narrow finger of land surrounded by the counties of Shropshire, Worcestershire and the ...


Suffolk

* The Downs Almshouses, Stoke-by-Nayland * Dreyer Almshouses, Bungay * The Almshouse,
Wickhambrook Wickhambrook is a village and civil parish in the West Suffolk district of Suffolk in eastern England. It is about south-west from Bury St Edmunds, halfway to Haverhill, off the A143 road. Wickhambrook is the largest village by area in the ...
* Tooley's and Smart's Almshouses,
Ipswich Ipswich () is a port town and borough in Suffolk, England, of which it is the county town. The town is located in East Anglia about away from the mouth of the River Orwell and the North Sea. Ipswich is both on the Great Eastern Main Line ...
* The Guildhall Feoffment Trust, Bury St Edmunds * Trinity Hospital,
Long Melford Long Melford, colloquially and historically also referred to as Melford, is a large village and civil parish in the Babergh district, in the county of Suffolk, England. It is on Suffolk's border with Essex, which is marked by the River Stour, ...
* Almshouses, Peasonhall (built as one house in C16, converted into almshouses in 1891)


Surrey

* Abbot's Hospital, Guildford, founded 1619, now Grade I listed * Margaret Ogilvie Almshouses,
Thorpeness Thorpeness is a seaside village in the East Suffolk district of Suffolk, England, which developed in the early 20th century into an exclusive holiday village. It belongs to the parish of Aldringham cum Thorpe and lies within the Suffolk Coast ...
* St Mary's Almshouses,
Godstone Godstone is a village and civil parish in Surrey, England, east of Reigate at the junction of the A22 and A25 roads, near the M25 motorway and the North Downs. Godstone railway station is separated from it by agricultural land. Blindley H ...
, founded 1872 * The Victoria Almshouses,
Reigate Reigate ( ) is a town in Surrey, England, around south of central London. The settlement is recorded in Domesday Book in 1086 as ''Cherchefelle'' and first appears with its modern name in the 1190s. The earliest archaeological evidence for huma ...
& Redhill *
Whiteley Village Whiteley Village, in Hersham, Surrey, England, is a retirement village, much of it designed architecturally by Arts and Crafts movement-influenced architect Reginald Blomfield. It is owned by the charitable Whiteley Homes Trust and is on land w ...
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Walton on Thames Walton-on-Thames, locally known as Walton, is a market town on the south bank of the Thames in the Elmbridge borough of Surrey, England. Walton forms part of the Greater London built-up area, within the KT postcode and is served by a wide ran ...
* Windsor Almshouses, Farnham, built 1619


Sussex


East Sussex

*
Percy and Wagner Almshouses The Percy and Wagner Almshouses are a group of 12 almshouses in the inner-city Hanover area of the English coastal city of Brighton and Hove. The first six date from 1795 and are among the few pre-19th-century buildings left in the city. Six mor ...
, 1–12 Lewes Road, Hanover, Brighton; dating from 1795 and listed at Grade II. * Watermen and Lightermen of the River Thames Almhouses, St Leonard's-on-Sea, Hastings


West Sussex

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Dyers Almshouses The Dyers Almshouses are a group of 30 almshouses belonging to the Worshipful Company of Dyers, a London Livery Company. Built in three stages between 1939 and 1971, they are located close to the town centre of Crawley, a New Town and borough in ...
, Crawley (built 1939–40, 1952 and 1971) *
Sackville College Sackville College is a Jacobean almshouse in town of East Grinstead, West Sussex, England. It was founded in 1609 with money left by Robert Sackville, 2nd Earl of Dorset. Throughout its history it has provided sheltered accommodation for the ...
, East Grinstead, built in1609 and now Grade I listed * Humphrys Almshouses, Humphrys Road, Worthing


Warwickshire

*
Nicholas Chamberlaine Nicholas Chamberlaine (1632 – 14 July 1715) was a priest in the Church of England who was known for his charitable donations. Biography Nicholas Chamberlaine was born in 1632 in Whitnash, south of Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England. His fa ...
's Almshouses, Bedworth * Gramer Cottages, including James Gramer Almshouses,
Mancetter Mancetter is a village and civil parish on the southeastern outskirts of Atherstone in North Warwickshire, at the crossing of Watling Street over the River Anker. The population had reduced from 2,449 to 2,339 at the 2011 census. It is situated ...
* Guild of the Holy Cross, Church Street Almshouses, founded 1417/18 for old and needy members of the guild and in 1553 transferred to Stratford upon Avon Corporation for 24 elderly townsfolk Stratford-upon-Avon * Emily Payne and Elizabeth Saunders Homes, Stratford-upon-Avon * Mary Newlands Almshouses, Stratford-upon-Avon * John Roberts Almshouses, Stratford-upon-Avon *
Lord Leycester Hospital The Lord Leycester Hospital (often known simply as the Lord Leycester) is one of the best preserved examples of medieval courtyard architecture in England and is a charity supporting ex-servicemen. It is located in Warwick, England, next to th ...
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Warwick Warwick ( ) is a market town, civil parish and the county town of Warwickshire in the Warwick District in England, adjacent to the River Avon. It is south of Coventry, and south-east of Birmingham. It is adjoined with Leamington Spa and Whi ...
* The Guild Cottages, Bowling Green Street, Warwick – seven almshouses founded in 1991 by the combined Thomas Oken & Nicholas Eyffler Charity * The Almshouses, Castle Hill, Warwick – four almshouses founded in c16 by Nicholas Eyffler * The Almshouses, Castle Hill, Warwick – six almshouses added to the four above, founded in c16 by Thomas Oken * Stoneleigh Old Almshouses, Stoneleigh (founded in 1576 by Sir Thomas & Lady Alice Leigh of Stoneleigh Abbey for five unmarried men and five women) * Widow's Charity Houses, High Street,
Kenilworth Kenilworth ( ) is a market town and civil parish in the Warwick District in Warwickshire, England, south-west of Coventry, north of Warwick and north-west of London. It lies on Finham Brook, a tributary of the River Sowe, which joins the ...
(founded in 1644 for poor widows by George Denton of Warwick) * Leamington Hastings Almshouse,
Leamington Hastings Leamington Hastings is a small village and larger civil parish in Warwickshire, England. The civil parish covers Leamington Hastings itself, plus the nearby hamlets of Broadwell, Hill and Kites Hardwick. Its population in the 2011 census was ...
(founded in 1608 for eight poor people by Humphrey Davis, schoolmaster) * Rose Cottage, Banbury Road,
Ettington Ettington is a village and civil parish about south-east of Stratford-upon-Avon in Warwickshire, England. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 1,171. The present village is on the A422 main road linking Stratford and Banbury. ...
, once thatched and now a private home


West Midlands


Birmingham

* Cadbury Almshouses, Mary Vale Road, Bournville * Glovers Trust Almshouses, Chester Road, Royal Sutton Coldfield * Harborne Parish Lands Charity, Dore House, 56a Lordswood Road,
Harborne Harborne is an area of south-west Birmingham, England. It is one of the most affluent areas of the Midlands, southwest from Birmingham city centre. It is a Birmingham City Council ward in the formal district and in the parliamentary constitu ...
* Harborne Parish Lands Charity, Harbourne House, Tibbetts Lane,
Harborne Harborne is an area of south-west Birmingham, England. It is one of the most affluent areas of the Midlands, southwest from Birmingham city centre. It is a Birmingham City Council ward in the formal district and in the parliamentary constitu ...
, built 1984 * Holte & Bracebridge Almshouses, Church Road,
Erdington Erdington is a suburb and ward of Birmingham in the West Midlands County, England. Historically part of Warwickshire and located northeast of central Birmingham, bordering Sutton Coldfield. It was also a council constituency, managed by its o ...
, re-built 1930 * James Lloyd Trust, Heath Road, Bournville new build houses * James Memorial Cottages Almshouse, Nechells Park Road,
Nechells Nechells is a district ward in central Birmingham, England, whose population in 2011 was 33,957. It is also a ward within the formal district of Ladywood. Nechells local government ward includes areas, for example parts of Birmingham city centr ...
* Lench's Trust (est. 1525), Quinton * Lench's Trust, Ravenhurst Cottages, Ravenhurst Street, Camp Hill * Lench's Trust, Conybere Street,
Highgate, Birmingham Highgate is an area of Birmingham, England. Following the Big City Plan of February 2008, Highgate is now a district of Birmingham City Centre. This area is regarded as the site of the original Anglo-Saxon settlement which gave the city of Birmin ...
* Rhodes Almshouses, Soho Road/Belgrave Terrace, Handsworth *
Walmley Walmley is a suburban village situated in the civil parish of Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands. It lies within the City of Birmingham on its northeastern outer fringe, where it forms part of the Sutton Walmley and Minworth electoral ward. It is ...
Almshouses, Royal Sutton Coldfield * Elizabeth Dowell's Almshouse Trust, Moseley


Coventry

* Bond's Hospital, built in 1506 and now Grade II* listed * Ford's Hospital, traditionally known as Grey Friars Hospital; Grade I listed, it was founded in 1509. * Lady Herbert's Homes (built in 1935 and 1937), Lady Herbert's Gardens, Chauntry Place * Bond's Lodge (founded 2020 Coventry Church (Municipal) Charities Three Storey, 45 Self Contained Apartments with large Courtyard Garden), Hill Street


Dudley

* Almshouses, Church Road, Old Swinford * Peter Harris Almshouses, Seager's Lane, Brierley Hill * Sedgley Almshouses, Ettymore Road, Sedgley


Sandwell

* Akrill Homes,
West Bromwich West Bromwich ( ) is a market town in the borough of Sandwell, West Midlands, England. Historically part of Staffordshire, it is north-west of Birmingham. West Bromwich is part of the area known as the Black Country, in terms of geography, c ...
* Harbourne Parish Lands Charity, almshouses around Hales Lane and Taylors Lane, Smethwick * Henry Mitchell Almshouses (Harborne Cottages), Coopers Lane, Smethwick


Solihull

* Davenport Homes, Knowle,


Walsall

* Chavasse Almshouses, Lichfield Road, Rushall * Crump's Almshouses, Eldon Street * Harper's Almshouses, 12–14 Bath Street * Henry Boys Almshouses, Wednesbury Road/Tasker Street * Marsh's Almshouses, Bath Road


Wolverhampton

* Rogers Almshouses, Church Gardens, Powell Street,
Heath Town Heath Town is a district of the City of Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England, located east of the city centre. It is also a ward of City of Wolverhampton Council. The ward forms part of the Wolverhampton North East constituency. Heath To ...
* Sedgwick Almshouses, Pennwood Lane, Lower Penn


Worcestershire

* Burltons, Cookes and Sayers Almshouses, Bewdley


Wiltshire

*
Hungerford Almshouses The Hungerford Almshouses in Corsham, Wiltshire, England, were built in 1668 for Lady Margaret Hungerford of Corsham Court. It has been designated as a Grade I listed building. The almshouses were founded to provide homes for six (later eight) p ...
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Corsham Corsham is a historic market town and civil parish in west Wiltshire, England. It is at the south-eastern edge of the Cotswolds, just off the A4 national route, southwest of Swindon, southeast of Bristol, northeast of Bath and southwest of ...
, built in 1668 and now Grade I listed * Farley Hospital,
Farley Farley may refer to: People * Farley (name), a list of people with the given name or surname Places Antarctica * Mount Farley * Farley Massif Australia * Farley, New South Wales * Farley railway station England * Farley, Derbyshire * Farle ...
(built 1681) * Duchess of Somerset's Hospital,
Froxfield Froxfield is a village and civil parish in the English county of Wiltshire. The parish is on the Wiltshire-West Berkshire border, and the village lies on the A4 national route about west of Hungerford and east of Marlborough. Froxfield vil ...
(1694, 1775 and 1813) * Hospital of St John,
Heytesbury Heytesbury is a village (formerly considered to be a town) and a civil parish in Wiltshire, England. The village lies on the north bank of the Wylye, about southeast of the town of Warminster. The civil parish includes most of the small neig ...
(endowed c.1472, rebuilt 1769) * Sir James Thynne House,
Longbridge Deverill Longbridge Deverill is a village and civil parish about south of Warminster in Wiltshire, England. It is on the A350 primary route which connects the M4 motorway and west Wiltshire with Poole, Dorset. The parish is in the Deverill valley which ...
(founded 1655) * Hospital of St John,
Malmesbury Malmesbury () is a town and civil parish in north Wiltshire, England, which lies approximately west of Swindon, northeast of Bristol, and north of Chippenham. The older part of the town is on a hilltop which is almost surrounded by the upp ...
(13th century)
College of Matrons
Salisbury Salisbury ( ) is a cathedral city in Wiltshire, England with a population of 41,820, at the confluence of the rivers Avon, Nadder and Bourne. The city is approximately from Southampton and from Bath. Salisbury is in the southeast of ...
(founded 1682) * Topps Almshouses, Stockton (built 1657)


Yorkshire


East Yorkshire

* Almshouses, 14 College Street,
Kingston-upon-Hull Kingston upon Hull, usually abbreviated to Hull, is a port city and unitary authority in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It lies upon the River Hull at its confluence with the Humber Estuary, inland from the North Sea and south-east o ...
*
Beverley Beverley is a market and minster town and a civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, of which it is the county town. The town centre is located south-east of York's centre and north-west of City of Hull. The town is known fo ...
Consolidated Charity is an amalgamation of several local charities running almshouses in the town. ''Historical almshouses include:'' Ann Routh's, Keldgate; Bede Houses, Lairgate; Charles Warton's, Minster Moorgate; Elizabeth Westoby's, Keldgate; Ellen Kennington's, Toll Gavel; Maisons de Dieu, Morton Lane; almshouses, Railway Street; William Parker's, Woodlands. ''Newbuild almshouses include:'' Caroline Walker's, New Walkergate; Christopher Hobson Place, Kitchen Lane; Citadel Court, Wilbert Lane; Crown Mews, Hengate; David Gray Jackson's, Cartwright Lane; Eric Bielby Close, Railway Street; James Arthur Smedley's, Ladygate; Keldgate Bar, Keldgate; Leconfield Close, Keldgate; Porter Place, Trinity Lane. * Linsdall's Hospital and Flanking Walls,
Patrington Patrington is a village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, in an area known as Holderness, south-east of Hedon, south-east of Kingston upon Hull and south-west of Withernsea on the A1033. Along with Winestead, it w ...
* Northumberland Almshouses, 150 Fountain Road,
Kingston-upon-Hull Kingston upon Hull, usually abbreviated to Hull, is a port city and unitary authority in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It lies upon the River Hull at its confluence with the Humber Estuary, inland from the North Sea and south-east o ...
* The
Charterhouse, Kingston upon Hull The Charterhouse (Hull Charterhouse) was a Carthusian monastery and almshouse in Kingston upon Hull, England, built just outside the town's walls. The hospital building survived the Dissolution of the Monasteries; the priory was destroyed in ...


North Yorkshire

* Beamsley Hospital, Beamsley, founded in 1593. The north wing is Grade I listed and the south wing is Grade II* listed. * Fontaines Hospital, Linton * Lady Lumley's Almshouses, Lady Lumley's School, Thornton-le-Dale * St John's Almshouses, Ripon, which are Grade II listed * Sir William Turner's Almshouses, Kirkleatham, Redcar


South Yorkshire

* Hollis Hospital, Sheffield. There are four accommodation blocks: East, West, Central and North West. The four blocks were designed by Howard C Clarke and built in 1903. Each of the four blocks is a
Grade II listed building In the United Kingdom, a listed building or listed structure is one that has been placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Historic Environment Scotland in Scotland, in Wales, and the Northern Ir ...
. The east block has an inscribed slate plaque dated 1703. * John Eaton's Almshouses,
Sheffield Sheffield is a city in South Yorkshire, England, whose name derives from the River Sheaf which runs through it. The city serves as the administrative centre of the City of Sheffield. It is historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire a ...
* Shrewsbury Hospital,
Sheffield Sheffield is a city in South Yorkshire, England, whose name derives from the River Sheaf which runs through it. The city serves as the administrative centre of the City of Sheffield. It is historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire a ...


West Yorkshire

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Ripley Ville Ripley Ville or Ripleyville was an estate of model houses for the working classes in Broomfields in the West Bowling ward of the City of Bradford in West Yorkshire, England. Started in 1866 the development was built for the industrialist ...
Almshouses, Bradford (built 1881) * Joseph Crossley's Almshouses, Halifax * Sir Francis Crossley's Almshouses, Halifax, built by Francis Crossley * Waterhouse Homes, Halifax * St Leonard's Almshouses,
Horbury Horbury is a town in the City of Wakefield in West Yorkshire, England. Historically in the West Riding of Yorkshire, it is situated north of the River Calder about three miles (5 km) south west of Wakefield and two miles (3 km) to the ...
(built 1888) * Nettleton's Almshouses, Northgate,
Almondbury Almondbury () is a village south-east of Huddersfield town centre in West Yorkshire, England. The population of Almondbury in 2001 was 7,368 increasing to 18,346 at the 2011 Census. Almondbury appears in the ''Domesday Book'' as "Almondeberi ...
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Huddersfield Huddersfield is a market town in the Kirklees district in West Yorkshire, England. It is the administrative centre and largest settlement in the Kirklees district. The town is in the foothills of the Pennines. The River Holme's confluence into ...
(1861–63), designed by
William Henry Crossland William Henry Crossland (Yorkshire, 1835 – London, 14 November 1908), known professionally as W.H. Crossland, was a 19th-century English architect and a pupil of George Gilbert Scott. His architectural works included the design of three building ...
* Saltaire Almshouses, Saltaire * Ledsham Almshouses, Ledsham * Harrison's Almshouses,
Sandal Sandals are an open type of footwear, consisting of a sole held to the wearer's foot by straps going over the instep and around the ankle. Sandals can also have a heel. While the distinction between sandals and other types of footwear can ...
, Wakefield


York

* Ingram's Hospital, which was built in 1630–1640 and is now Grade II* listed * Terry Memorial Homes,
Skeldergate Skeldergate is a street in the city centre of York, in England. The street is now primarily residential, with many of its warehouse buildings having been converted into apartments. History During the Roman Eboracum period, the area in which Ske ...
, which were built in 1898 and are now Grade II listed.


Scotland

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Cowane's Hospital Cowane's Hospital is a 17th-century almshouse in the Old Town of Stirling, Scotland. It was established in 1637 with a bequest of 40,000 merks from the estate of the merchant John Cowane (1570–1633). Subsequently converted for use as a Guildha ...
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Stirling Stirling (; sco, Stirlin; gd, Sruighlea ) is a city in central Scotland, northeast of Glasgow and north-west of Edinburgh. The market town, surrounded by rich farmland, grew up connecting the royal citadel, the medieval old town with its me ...
, established in 1637 and now
category A listed This is a list of Category A listed buildings in Scotland, which are among the listed buildings of the United Kingdom. For a fuller list, see the pages linked on List of listed buildings in Scotland. Key The organization of the lists in th ...
by
Historic Environment Scotland Historic Environment Scotland (HES) ( gd, Àrainneachd Eachdraidheil Alba) is an executive non-departmental public body responsible for investigating, caring for and promoting Scotland's historic environment. HES was formed in 2015 from the mer ...


Wales

* Bangor Cathedral Almshouses, Bangor, Gwynedd * Burton Almshouses, Newport * Monmouth Alms Houses, Monmouth * Powis Almshouses,
Chepstow Chepstow ( cy, Cas-gwent) is a town and community in Monmouthshire, Wales, adjoining the border with Gloucestershire, England. It is located on the tidal River Wye, about above its confluence with the River Severn, and adjoining the wester ...
, Monmouthshire
Queen Victoria Almshouses
Newport


Northern Ireland

* Annahilt Almshouses,
Annahilt Annahilt / Anahilt () is a village and civil parish in north County Down, Northern Ireland. It is 7.5 miles (12 kilometres) south of Lisburn, and about 14 miles south-west of Belfast, on the main road between Ballynahinch and Hillsborough. In ...
, Co Down * Gill's Almshouses,
Carrickfergus Carrickfergus ( , meaning " Fergus' rock") is a large town in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It sits on the north shore of Belfast Lough, from Belfast. The town had a population of 27,998 at the 2011 Census. It is County Antrim's oldest ...
* Seaforde Almshouses, Newcastle Road,
Seaforde Seaforde is a small village in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is within the townland of Naghan,
* Sheils Almshouses, Carrickfergus


References

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External links


The Almshouse Association
representing independent almshouse charities throughout the United Kingdom

(from public domain text, ''English Monastic Life'')

(public domain text, including daily life, care, and the "Office at the Seclusion of a Leper") Almshouses in the United Kingdom, Almshouses Almshouses