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Athena

The future of the almshouse

T’S hard to generalise about Britain’s historic almshouses, not least because they are so numerous and founded across such an enormous span of time—the earliest can trace their history back to the 12th century—in response to changing ideas about charity and care. That said, most of these institutions were founded by a local worthy to

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