The Willoughby Almshouses were erected in 1685 in

Cossall Cossall is a village and civil parish east of Ilkeston in Nottinghamshire, England. The 2001 Census recorded a parish population of 612, reducing slightly to 606 at the 2011 Census. There is also a ward of Broxtowe Council called Cossall a ...

, Nottinghamshire, England.English Heritage Listing Information These were originally for "4 single poor men over 60 years of age and 4 single poor women over 55 years of age". There was an endowment of a farm at Roston and local land rents to give the residents a pension of £10 per year and a new grey cloth gown worth 3d per yard every 2 years, and 5 shillings worth of coal yearly. The charity which supports the almshouses, Charity 214252, is still administered by Lord Middleton, the descendants of George Willoughby.

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