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Building    From 11/7/1879 

United Westminster Almshouses

Categories: Social Welfare

United Westminster Almshouses

A scheme of the Charity Commissioners dated 11 July 1879 consolidated the separate almshouses in Westminster founded by James Palmer, Nicholas Butler and Emery Hill, into the United Westminster Almshouses which were built in Rochester Row in 1881-2.

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This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
United Westminster Almshouses

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Emery Hill bust

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James Palmer bust

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