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	Almshouse - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Almshouses are charitable housing provided to enable people (typically elderly people who can no longer work to earn enough to pay rent) to live in a particular community.
		Alms are, in the Christian tradition, monies or services donated to support the poor and indigent.
		In physical form, and owing in part to the antiquity of their formation, Almshouses are often ancient buildings comprising multiple small terraced houses or apartments, and providing accommodation for small numbers of residents; some 2,600 Almshouses continue to be operated in the United Kingdom providing 30,000 dwellings for 36,000 people.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Almshouse (362 words)

	Caroline County Alms Houses
		While the buildings were being erected, the trustees were authorized to rent a house near the county seat for the reception of the poor and such vagrants as should be committed to their charge.
		The poor were kept in the alms house and such as were able were compelled to work, while the work house lodged the vagrants, beggars, vagabonds and disorderly people of the county.
		Such orphans as were committed to the poor house were, upon opportunity, bound out to tradesmen or mechanics who promised to feed, clothe, and lodge them as well as instruct them in their trade.
	www.rootsweb.com /~mdcaroli/AlmsHouse.html (715 words)

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		This Honourable House is the representative of all the freeholders of England; you are assembl'd for their good, you study their interest, you possess their hearts, and you hold the strings of the general purse.
		The House of Commons are acting like themselves, as they are the representatives of all the commons of England, 'tis the care of all the poor of England which lies before them, not of this or that particular body of the poor.
		And if this obtains on the House to examine farther into this matter, the author humbly recommends it to their consideration to accept, in behalf of all the poor of this nation, a clause in the room of this objected against, which shall answer the end without this terrible ruin to our trade and people.
	socserv2.socsci.mcmaster.ca /~econ/ugcm/3ll3/defoe/alms (5507 words)

	Ransoming Captives -- Chapter 5
		The expansion of the house, both in terms of resident brothers and of property holdings, coincides exactly with the preceptorships of Brothers Guillem and Berenguer de Bas.
		The utility of this device for the collection of alms is apparent from the vigor with which the Order enforced the obligation upon captives, on the one hand, and, on the other, prosecuted those who, masquerading as such captives, lined their pockets at Merced's expense.
		Like hospitallers and mendicants, the brothers rode circuit and preached for alms; the already well-developed institutions of the donatus and the confrater were adopted at an early date as inducements for the wealthy to become affiliates, and it transformed the congeries of properties that it had been given into the semblance of a domain.
	libro.uca.edu /rc/rc5.htm (13007 words)

	Life in Cossall in the 1800'S (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		In the country villages you see a few 3 storied high houses, the front of the top story is full of small window panes on lights, the reason, up there the people had their stockings frames, but when machinery came into force, the stockmers loom shuttle had to go.
		There are some Alms houses just across the road from the church, very quaint looking, built in the reign of one of the early Edwards, for old people born in Cossall.
		we always maintained that a witch lived in an old house that stood at the end of a row of houses, how we used to run up the yard that led to the house, then throw stones at the door and windows then shout," there she is "and run for our lives.
	www.healeyhero.info /rescue/section2/old_cossall.htm (1268 words)

	Moretonhampstead - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		This famous dancing tree, a fine old elm, cut and clipped in the form of a punch bowl (by which name it was also known), has long since disappeared, and in its place a beech tree has been planted.
		It was around the original tree that the village lads and lasses were wont to dance with "fantastic toe" and it recorded that French Officers on parole from Princetown Prison during the Napoleonic Wars, "did assemble around the Cross Tree with their Band".
		Standing behind the Cross Tree are the famous Alms Houses, built in solid granite.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Moretonhampstead (763 words)

	Charities for the Poor \| British History Online
		In 1786 the house in All Saints was sold and in 1822 the whole charity produced £146 a year, of which the city's share was c.
		Although from at least the late 16th century the Church Houses charity was partly for the poor, its income until well into the 19th century was insufficient for church-repair, which was given priority.
		In 1615 the Church Houses charity was partly for poor-relief; the churchwardens in the 17th century occasionally distributed something from the balance of their annual account, presumably in recognition of the charity, but otherwise the poor did not benefit until modern times.
	www.british-history.ac.uk /report.asp?compid=22827 (12269 words)

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		There are also the papers of the clients of Edward Theodore Alms, one of the partners in the firm c.1889 - 1933 The firm of Pinchard and Son was established in Paul Street as early as 1866.
		The house was sold by William Collard of Wellington to Thomas Greedy North of Wiveliscombe, 1839 and conveyed by North to his wife Mary Anna at the time of their separation in 1846.
		The mansion house of Goodmeavy was conveyed to Martin Ryder of the Middle Temple in 1672.
	www.somerset.gov.uk /archives/lists/ddlists/dday82.txt (10323 words)

	Vinaya Texts, Part I (SBE 13) - Pâtimokkha - Sekhiyâ Dhammâ
		houses.' This is a discipline which ought to be observed.
		my seat amidst the houses.' This is a discipline which ought to be observed.
		alms placed in my bowl.' This is a discipline which ought to be observed.
	www.sacred-texts.com /bud/sbe13/sbe1310.htm (2030 words)

	Ransomng Captives -- Chapter 2
		Houses, similar in character, were also found at Vejer de la Frontera and Arjona, both located on the Granadan periphery and both listed in the 1263 papal bull.
		In the city itself, the Mercedarian house was translated in 1299 to the Church of Sant Antoni, heretofore the property of the now-suppressed Sack Friars.
		Brother Arnau's legitimacy, however, was challenged by the houses of Perpignan and Barcelona, not on grounds of nepotism, given the new master's presumed relationship to Brother Pere, his predecessor, but for the more technical reason that the election was held over the objection of the prior, Brother Guillem d'Isona.
	libro.uca.edu /rc/rc2.htm (14238 words)

	September 2nd
		Opposite this church is a very fine Elizabethan house, from the windows of which the old inhabitants may have seen the setting -up of the old May-pole, and laughed at the tricks of the hobby-horse and fool, as they capered among the dancers.
		The range of houses in the main street, and the quaint old church-gate, were built in the year 1660; so short a time before the fire, that we may study in them the `latest fashions' of London-street architecture at that period.
		The houses are part of those erected by the Lord Rich, one of the most wicked and unscrupulous of the favourites of Henry VIII, and to whom the priory and precinct was given with great privileges.
	www.thebookofdays.com /months/sept/2.htm (5193 words)

	islchron9b (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		It was to rehouse 515 people and 32 inhabitants of lodging houses, living on either side of the Philhamonic theatre in five blocks of four or five storeys accommodating at least 556 in 138 tenements.
		Highbury House and it's grounds became a school -The North side of Newington Green retained an essentially 18th century facade, 1896-The University of North London moved in as it started life as the northern polytechnic Institution.
		The building that now houses the Faculty of Environmental and social studies, was originally as remembered by local residents as, Ladbroke House, the Melody Maker radio factory of A. Cossers Limited.
	yellaken.freeservers.com /islchron9b.html (4406 words)

	Norwich Alms Houses
		To the north is a cloister, with a dining hall on the west, where the daily meals provided by the founder were no doubt served, and lodgings for the master and the chaplains on the north.
		The apartments to the east, one of which is said to have been the Chapter House, have disappeared, but the doorways remain.
		When the hospital was reconstituted under Edward VI, both the infirmary and the Chancel were separated by walls from the Church, and floors were inserted to provide two storeys in each.
	www.the-plunketts.freeserve.co.uk /almshouses.htm (627 words)

	Nottinghamshire: history and archaeology \| Piercy (1828) \| The alms houses etc.
		Until 1823 the Alms Houses occupied a place on the west side of Carrhillgate, but were in such a dilapidated condition, that the Corporation resolved to take them down; the site was sold, and the present building erected near Chapelgate, forming part of the west side of an intended street, from thence to Newgate Street.
		The number of houses have been augmented from seven to nine, each of which affords shelter to two poor women, who are appointed by the Corporation; which, with the exception of a certain quantity of coals yearly, comprises the whole of the benefits they receive.
		Under the foregoing title a charity was instituted in January, 1823, for the purpose of furnishing the poor with clothing at a cheap rate.
	www.nottshistory.org.uk /piercy1828/almshouses.htm (360 words)

	CHARITY1
		Alms houses were the most numerous of the many Kilkenny charitable institutions; four were already established when George I took the English throne in 1714.
		The oldest was the Shee Alms House, correctly styled the Hospital of Jesus of Kilkenny
		The second alms house was founded by the Earl of Ormonde, fittingly, for his family had been major beneficiaries under the dissolution of the monastries.
	homepage.eircom.net /~lawekk/CHARITY1.htm (2767 words)

	THE ALMS HOUSES OF ST. ASAPH (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		The Cathedral - Parish Church - Translators - The Legend of Bishop Asaph - Alms Houses
		Visitors to St.Asaph who find themselves enjoying the excellent cuisine offered at the Barrow Restaurant should cast their minds back to the days when the building was the home of eight poor widows of the parish whose lives were extremely frugal when compared to the fare now served.
		Built by Bishop Barrow in circa 1680 the building still retains many of the original features and many of the older residents of the City can still remember the tiny houses as they were with their occupants cooking on their open fires.
	www.stasaph.co.uk /almsf.html (121 words)

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		Smith, one of the sheriffs of Chester in 1499, wished his house in Commonhall Lane to be converted after his death into alms houses for the use of such members of the Twenty-Four [aldermen) ‘as ben fallen into decay and necessitie’.
		Smith left the residue of his estate to maintain his almsmen and requested that the mayor and aldermen should free the houses from all chief rents and pay for repairs in return for the right to nominate the inmates.
		When in 1837 the administra-tion of the almshouses was transferred to the trustees of the Chester Municipal Charities it was admitted that the buildings were in a state of ruin and the houses eventually became so dilapidated that the trustees were unable to fill vacancies.
	members.lycos.co.uk /hospital/st-ursula-hospital.html (913 words)

	WebRoots Library U.S. History
		Antecedent to the erection of Alms Houses in the State of Maryland, the County Courts had levied tobacco for the relief of the sick and infirm poor, from year to year, as other county charges were levied.
		The year before Baltimore County Alms House was authorised to be erected, 240 persons were relieved in the county, then including Harford, and the amounts levied averaged 1200 lbs.
		By the activity of the inhabitants, part of the west wing of the house was preserved and most of the furniture.
	www.webroots.org /library/usahist/cobmd003.html (16265 words)

	Plate 25: Alms House in Spruce Street
		The first public alms house finally opened in 1732, occupying the entire block between Third and Fourth, Spruce and Pine Streets.
		By 1830, overcrowding necessitated further expansion, and a new alms house for men and another for women, a separate hospital and a house of employment were built, 1833-34, across the Schuylkill River in Blockley Township (now known as West Philadelphia).
		After the alms house and house of employment were opened in West Philadelphia in 1835, the land was sold to developers who erected groups of fine four-story, single family, attached brick houses along the south side of Spruce Street.
	www.ushistory.org /birch/plates/plate25.htm (478 words)

	Touristic Alfabet of Ypres - GUILD HOUSES (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Belle Alms House (Rijselsestraat 38), see under Museums.
		Fishermen's House (Vismarkt), was used as a toll house.
		Wooden House (Rijselsestraat 204), reconstruction of a 16th century house.
	www.ieper.be /eng/alfabet_toerisme/guild_houses.html (95 words)

	My Brighton and Hove \| Percy and Wagner Alms Houses \| History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		The Trustees of the houses wanted to demolish them, but they became listed buildings in the same year.
		With the help of Brighton Council, the houses were restored five years later.
		New kitchen and bathroom extensions were built at the back of the houses, and the interors were redesigned.
	www.mybrightonandhove.org.uk /percy_wagner_almshouses_history.htm (263 words)

	Pushing pintas
		The picture was taken in 1933 and shows Mr Fox then aged 16 outside the London Road Alms Houses returning with an empty barrow after completing his morning round for the Newark Co-op.
		It was not until he reached Milner Street - where the first houses on his round were located - that Mr Fox could begin to shed some of his weighty load.
		From there he crossed over London Road to the Alms Houses (pictured) and into Bowbridge Road and Earp Avenue where at a small branch Co-op he unloaded his empties and re-stocked the cart with fresh full bottles.
	www.newarkadvertiser.co.uk /warner/warner34.htm (970 words)

	WyeNot.com Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire - Historic Buildings
		Alms Houses in Old Gloucester Road, altered and thoroughly restored by Alderman, Thomas Blake in 1889.
		The Webbe Alms Houses, Copse Cross Street, built in 1613 and restored in 1963.
		The old Railway Inn and Brook House, which was the house of James Merrick and built in the early 1670s.
	www.wyenot.com /buildings.htm (180 words)

	A walk around Melksham Wiltshire
		Opposite and slightly to the left, hidden behind a hedge and trying to hide from the camera is another drying house from the woollen milling era.
		On the other side of the road the bank building is said to be in the style of Place House which stood near the spot from about 1550 until 1864, when it was pulled down after years of neglect.
		The houses either side of this were also owned by the Friends.
	www.yourguide.org.uk /melksham/morewalk.html (562 words)

	Economic Security for All - Chapter Six
		When persons are sent to the house with good clothing, watch, or other valuable articles, these are taken from them, and replaced by a suit of house uniform; on their discharge, the whole is returned.
		A woman of this class coming into the house for the purpose of being confined, is held responsible to the trustees, for all expenses incurred thereby, and she is not permitted to leave it until she shall, by her labour or other means, have discharged the debt.
		The quality of the housing was so poor and the annual payment so minimal, minor differences between one owner's housing and another - such as having screens on the windows - would be enough to persuade a worker to switch farms when contracts expired at the end of the year.
	www.inlet.org /esp/chapvi.htm (10275 words)

	Holy Kalpa Sutra : Part 8
		According to some, the lodging is included in the seven houses which such a mendicant must pass before he may participate in the festive entertainment; but according to others, it is not included in those seven houses.
		During the Paggusan a monk who collects alms in the hollow of his hand, is not allowed to frequent the abodes of householders, if rain, even in the form of a fine spray, falls down.
		But he should first eat and drink his pure (food and drink), then rub and clean his alms bowl, and, putting his things together, he should, while the sun has not yet set, go to the place where he is lodged; but he is not allowed to pass the night in the former place.
	www.ishwar.com /jainism/holy_kalpa_sutra/texts08.html (2795 words)

	Health And Medicine - medieval hospitals
		Later in the Middle Ages the monastic hospitals were replaced by smaller buildings, alms houses.
		This change can be seen in the list of hospitals and alms houses in Kent.
		There are a number of hospitals and alms houses that have survived in Kent.
	www.kented.org.uk /ngfl/subjects/history/medhist/page16_hospital.html (481 words)

	photo_album1
		The Alms houses were built at Well Green, The well itself is below this photograph.
		When the old church was dismantled and the new church built, the movable pieces of furniture was removed to local houses and not returned.
		The alter, at which some of the Fairer's were married in the 18th and 19th Century, as it is thought that another church was here before this one.
	fairer.homestead.com /History.html (400 words)

	Chippenham Wiltshire - The Alms Houses at Lowden (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Alms Houses alongside the former St Peter's Church
		Disclaimer: While every effort is made to ensure that the information contained in yourguide to Chippenham is correct, neither the guide nor its contributors can be responsible for any loss due to errors or omissions.
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	www.users.zetnet.co.uk /chippenham/chippenham/photoalbum/alms.html (69 words)

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