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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 42. Chapters: Almshouses in the United Kingdom, Almshouses in the United States, Hofjes, Widows' Almshouses, Nantwich, Hofje Codde en Van Beresteijn, Wright's Almshouses, Nantwich, Tollemache Almshouses, Crewe Almshouses, Nantwich, Wilbraham's Almshouses, Nantwich, Hofjes in Haarlem, Zuiderhofje, Hospital of St Cross, Blockley Almshouse, Hofje van Willem Heythuijsen, List of almshouses in the United Kingdom, Tewksbury Hospital, Brouwershofje, Vrouwe- en Antonie Gasthuys, Proveniershuis, Teylers Hofje, Frans Loenenhofje, Plumptre Hospital, Sackville College, Hofje van Staats, Parmiter's Almshouse & Pension Charity, Hofje van Loo, Livery Dole, Hofje van Noblet, Sexey's Hospital, Bruiningshofje, Foster's Almshouses, Bristol, Merchant Venturers Almshouses, Hofje van Bakenes, St Margaret's Almshouses, Hofje van Oorschot, Sint Geertruidsgasthuis, Abel Collin, Faversham Almshouses, St Nicholas' Almshouses, Hofje In den Groenen Tuin, Lutherse Hofje, Bond's Hospital, Ingram House, Colstons Almshouses, Wijnbergshofje, Hofje van Guurtje de Waal, Ospedale L'Albergo Reale dei Poveri, Naples, Johan Enschede Hof, Friends' Almshouse of Philadelphia, Greene County Almshouse, Remonstrants Hofje, Williams' Hospital, Buntingford almshouses, Donnington Hospital. Excerpt: The Widows' Almshouses, also known as the Wilbraham or Wilbraham's Almshouses and as the Widows' Hospital, are former almshouses for six widows in Nantwich, Cheshire, England. They are located at numbers 26-30 on the north side of Welsh Row, on the junction with Second Wood Street (at ). The almshouses were founded by Roger Wilbraham in 1676-7 in memory of his deceased wife in three existing cottages built in 1637; they were the earliest almshouses in the town for women. In 1705, Wilbraham also founded the Old Maids' Almshouse for two old maids in a separate building (now demolished)...
