2010
SD5192 : Sandes Hospital, Kendal
taken 15 years ago, near to Kendal, Cumbria, England
This is 1 of 4 images, with title starting with Sandes Hospital in this square

Sandes Hospital, Kendal
With a datestone of 1659. "In this yard, Thomas Sandes (1606-1681), cloth merchant and former Mayor of Kendal, founded a school and eight almshouses for poor widows", (Kendal Civic Society). Within the gateway is an old iron collecting box carrying the inscription "Remember the Poor".