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An almshouse is charitable housing provided to people in a particular community, especially during the Middle Ages. They were often targeted at the poor of  History · Description of layout · GalleryAutres questions
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  • What is alms housing?

    Almshouses are run by independent local charities. They provide self-contained, low-cost housing, mostly to older people who have a low income. They often cater for particular categories of people, for example if you've worked for a certain trade or you've been living in the area for a number of years.

  • Who lived in almshouses?

    Throughout the 19th century almshouses were a last resort for those who were poor, disabled, and elderly. Residents experienced mistreatment, destitution, and inhumanity.

  • What is an almshouse in history?

    An almshouse was a place where those who could not care for themselves, and had no family to care for them, were collectively fed and sheltered. In one sense they were humanitarian.
  • The Almshouse Association provides almshouse charities in the UK with support, guidance, grants, funding and representation to government. We receive no government funding and rely totally on the subscriptions of member charities, legacies, donations and the goodwill of others to continue our work.
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Historically most alms house charities were set up to support the

Historically most alms house charities were set up to support the elderly



Guide to the Almshouse ledgers 1758-1952

Overseers of the Poor House of Correction



Almshouses: a model of community housing for an ageing population

A new almshouse at no cost to the charity: 2008-2018 ......40 ... (e.g. bedehouse lazer-house



Shee Alms House

Shee Coat of Arms. On wall of Alms House. Page 6. Tudor Window. Page 7. Another example of a medieval house in. Kilkenny. Two windows each side of a chimney 



Older Persons Housing.pub

Marlborough Buildings and. Thomas Lathberye & Richard Raynshaw Almshouses. Marlborough Almshouses have properties in Hatfield Road. St Albans



From Almshouse to Hospital: The Shaping of Philadelphia General

house hospitals are still identifiable in the National Health Service was somewhat obscured by other responsibilities



The Origin of the Philadelphia General Hospital

however a hospital department existed at the Alms house. It is our purpose to deal particularly with this hospital department of the Almshouse and to try 



Old Alms-Houses of Dublin

MICHAN'S ALMS-HOUSE FOR POOR WIDOWS FOUNDED. 172o.---The alms-house of St. Michan's is to be found in the churchyard



ALMSHOUSES IN LANCASTER

The widening of King Street in 1929–30 led to the demolition of the two houses nearest the street and their replacement by two others built next to the chapel 



Memorials of the Hospital of St. Cross and Alms House of Noble

Alms House of Noble Poverty. " Master of the Brethren of Jerusalemthen in England