2013

TQ0396 : Almshouses, Dog Kennel Lane

taken 11 years ago, near to Chorleywood, Hertfordshire, England

Almshouses, Dog Kennel Lane
Almshouses, Dog Kennel Lane
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. They are often targeted at the poor of a locality, at those from certain forms of previous employment, or their widows, and are generally maintained by a charity or the trustees of a bequest.
Alms are, money or services donated to support the poor and indigent. Almshouses were established from the 10th century in Britain, to provide a place of residence for poor, old and distressed folk. The first recorded almshouse was founded in York by King Athelstan; the oldest still in existence is the Hospital of St. Cross in Winchester, dating to about 1132. In the Middle Ages, the majority of European hospitals functioned as almshouses.
An incomplete list of British Almshouses can be found at LinkExternal link

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Geographical Context: Health and social services
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Kennel Lane [14] · Almshouses [3] Title Clusters: · Almshouses, Dog Kennel Lane [2] ·
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TQ0396, 145 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
N Chadwick   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Sunday, 18 August, 2013   (more nearby)
Submitted
Wednesday, 9 October, 2013
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 0378 9642 [10m precision]
WGS84: 51:39.4198N 0:30.0677W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 0375 9646
View Direction
Southeast (about 135 degrees)
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