Monument record 0509400000 - COARE'S ALMSHOUSES

Summary

Site of eighteenth century almshouses recorded in documentary sources

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  • None recorded

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Type and Period (1)

  • ALMSHOUSE (18th Century - 1700 AD to 1799 AD)

Description

Thomas Coare in 1790 erected a building near the church - 6 tenements under 1 roof, called the Almshouse, but no endowment. Site believed by Charity Commissioners to have been bought by subscription collected from parishioners (B1).
Now demolished (B2-3).

Sources (3)

  • <1>SBC19727 Bibliographic reference: James Joseph Sheahan. 1862. History and Topography of Buckinghamshire. p771.
  • <2>SBC10985 Bibliographic reference: OS RECORD CARD SP83 SW (M).
  • <3>SBC29619 Verbal communication: Bernard Harley Seaman. 1969. Field Investigators Comments - F1 BHS 24-APR-69.

Location

Grid reference SP 80590 34010 (point)
Civil Parish WHADDON, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Aug 6 2026 3:25PM

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