Hello List, William Foster published two books in 1924 and 1926 called "The East India House - Its History and Associations" and "John Company" the latter includes a chapter and illustration on the Poplar Hospital. brinds ----- Original Message ----- From: "Maureen Evers" <maureen.evers@bigpond.com> To: <india@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, November 12, 2010 4:36 AM Subject: [INDIA] FW: East India Company Buildings, Poplar > Hello List > Simon said: In the UK 1841 Census I have found that Catherine/Kitty was in > Poplar Hospital, as a pensioner, and that in the 1851 Census she was in > the > East India Company Buildings, Poplar as a Pensioner East Indies Company. > Can > anyone tell me what the East India Company Buildings were? It > obviously > seems that they were for widows/widowers of the EIC but I might be wrong > on > that. Also, any idea when they were built and exactly where? > > The FIBIS Fibiwiki has a page "East India Company" > http://wiki.fibis.org/index.php?title=East_India_Company > which has a link called "Poplar High Street [London]: The Church of St > Matthias and the East India Company's Almshouses" > > Cheers > Maureen (Sydney) >