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Person    | Male  Born 1677  Died 1751

Emery Hill

Categories: Philanthropy

Emery Hill

Brewer and benefactor in the parish of St Margaret Westminster. In 1708 founded 12 almshouses and a school in Rochester Row on land leased from Westminster Abbey. The almshouses were consolidated with others into the United Westminster Almshouses and the Rochester Row site was redeveloped in 1881-2.

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