Hinton's Alms Houses

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At the north end of Plow Alley Barbican, in Cripplegate Ward Without (Rocque, 1746, to Elmes, 1831).

Erected in 1732 under the will of Alice Hinton, of Hackney, for 12 poor widows of the parish of St. Giles' Cripplegate (Elmes).

The site is now occupied by offices and business houses in Plough Court.

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Alms
·noun ·sg & ·pl Anything given gratuitously to relieve the poor, as money, food, or clothing; a gift...

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Alms
Not found in the Old Testament, but repeatedly in the New. The Mosaic legislation (Lev. 25:35; Deut....

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The duty of alms-giving, especially in kind, consisting chiefly in portions to be left designedly fr...

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·pl of <<House>>. ...

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Merchant Taylors' Alms Houses
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Alms Alley
In Harrow Alley, Petticoat Lane. In Portsoken Ward (Boyle, 1799). Not named in the maps. ...

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The houses or magazines built for the safe keeping of treasure and valuable articles of any kind (Ez...

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Roman tiles used in the walls of houses were 17 in. long, 11 in. wide and 11/2 in. thick. The draini...

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block houses
Prisons, houses of correction, &c. ...

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(St.) Paul's Houses, Residentiaries
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Converted into dwelling-houses, warehouses and sheds for stationers (S. 332) in 1549.
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Provision made for the collection of weekly alms for the support of the Chapel of Our Lady near Guildhall founded "pur tote la compaignie du Pui" (ib.).
Henry le Waleis gave to the Confraternity of the Pui (de Podio) 5 marks annual quit rent on all his ...

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