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

Hi, The Story of Luton by James Dyer & John Dony has several almshouses mentioned... Tower Hill, Market Hill, Lea Road, Chobham Street, Castle Street, Hibbert Street.... who provided them and who for etc... Regards, katsam ----- Original Message ----- From: "Diana Mehew" <d.mehew@ntlworld.com> To: <BEDFORD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, July 23, 2006 2:48 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 > >

Thanks Katsam - I'll try and locate the book. It looks as though it will prove very useful. Regards Diana ----- Original Message ----- From: joh To: BEDFORD-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Sunday, July 23, 2006 10:44 PM Subject: Re: [BDF] Alsmhouses Hi, The Story of Luton by James Dyer & John Dony has several almshouses mentioned... Tower Hill, Market Hill, Lea Road, Chobham Street, Castle Street, Hibbert Street.... who provided them and who for etc... Regards, katsam ----- Original Message ----- From: "Diana Mehew" <d.mehew@ntlworld.com> To: <BEDFORD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, July 23, 2006 2:48 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 ==== To SUBSCRIBE or UNSUBSCRIBE send a message to: Bedford-L-request@rootsweb.com (if you are in mail mode i.e. receiving the messages individually or want them individually) or Bedford-D-request@rootsweb.com (if you are in digest mode i.e. receiving a digest of multiple messages or want this mode) In the BODY of the message (not the subject line) type the word subscribe or unsubscribe.