Dear Diana, As a long time resident of Broom I can tell you that the Fordham Almshouses were built by Rupert Fordham in 1913 in memory of his wife Janet, who was killed in a huntimg accident. They are quite distinctive with curved roofs, porches and windows. They were restored in 1985. You may hear from Stella Watkin who has done a lot of work on The Bedfordshire Village Book, which is often mentioned on this site. Regards. Elizabeth King. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Diana Mehew" <d.mehew@ntlworld.com> To: <BEDFORD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, July 23, 2006 11:48 PM Subject: [BDF] Alsmhouses > Dear all > > I'm taking part in a nationwide project on almshouses, co-ordinated by The > Family & Community Historical Research Society. I am trying to find out as > much as I can about Bedfordshire almshouses for the period c1300 to 1914. > The aim is not only to include where they exist, but who founded them and > when, their location and architecture, and who lived in them. I shall of > course be doing much of the research in Bedford record office, but am > hoping that there are others on this mailing list who can help out with > specific queries, or who have some detailed knowledge. My first query is, > does anyone know of any other almshouses apart from those listed below?: > > Ampthill - Feoffee almshouses > Bedford - Best ditto > Bedford - Dame Alice > Bedford - Harpur Street > Bedford - St John > Broom - Fordham > Caldecote - Harvey > Cardington - Whitbread > Clifton > Cople > Cranfield - Hartwell > Dunstable - Ashton > Dunstable - Cart > Harrold - Jolliffe & Mead > Houghton Conquest > Leighton Buzzard - Page > Leighton Buzzard - Wilkes > Luton > Milton Ernest - Turnor > Oakley - Lovell > Potton - Potter > Shefford - Lucas > Stevington - Barringer > Toddington > Turvey - Barton > Woburn > > Thanks very much for any help you can give me. > > Regards > > Diana > > > > > ==== BEDFORD Mailing List ==== > To do a search of the Bedford Archives go to > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > Enter Bedford in the box >
Dear Elizabeth Thanks for this information. Just the sort of thing I'm looking for. I'm thrilled to bits with all the help I've already had on this subject. Thank you all. Regards Diana ----- Original Message ----- From: Elizabeth King To: BEDFORD-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Monday, July 24, 2006 2:57 AM Subject: Re: [BDF] Alsmhouses Dear Diana, As a long time resident of Broom I can tell you that the Fordham Almshouses were built by Rupert Fordham in 1913 in memory of his wife Janet, who was killed in a huntimg accident. They are quite distinctive with curved roofs, porches and windows. They were restored in 1985. You may hear from Stella Watkin who has done a lot of work on The Bedfordshire Village Book, which is often mentioned on this site. Regards. Elizabeth King. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Diana Mehew" <d.mehew@ntlworld.com> To: <BEDFORD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, July 23, 2006 11:48 PM Subject: [BDF] Alsmhouses > Dear all > > I'm taking part in a nationwide project on almshouses, co-ordinated by The > Family & Community Historical Research Society. I am trying to find out as > much as I can about Bedfordshire almshouses for the period c1300 to 1914. > The aim is not only to include where they exist, but who founded them and > when, their location and architecture, and who lived in them. I shall of > course be doing much of the research in Bedford record office, but am > hoping that there are others on this mailing list who can help out with > specific queries, or who have some detailed knowledge. My first query is, > does anyone know of any other almshouses apart from those listed below?: > > Ampthill - Feoffee almshouses > Bedford - Best ditto > Bedford - Dame Alice > Bedford - Harpur Street > Bedford - St John > Broom - Fordham > Caldecote - Harvey > Cardington - Whitbread > Clifton > Cople > Cranfield - Hartwell > Dunstable - Ashton > Dunstable - Cart > Harrold - Jolliffe & Mead > Houghton Conquest > Leighton Buzzard - Page > Leighton Buzzard - Wilkes > Luton > Milton Ernest - Turnor > Oakley - Lovell > Potton - Potter > Shefford - Lucas > Stevington - Barringer > Toddington > Turvey - Barton > Woburn > > Thanks very much for any help you can give me. > > Regards > > Diana > > > > > ==== BEDFORD Mailing List ==== > To do a search of the Bedford Archives go to > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > Enter Bedford in the box > ==== BEDFORD Mailing List ==== For any updates or info about the status of this list go to http://helpdesk.rootsweb.com