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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 96 SW 1275
Type of record:Monument
Name:Site of St Thomas' Almshouses, The Butts, Brewery Road, Sittingbourne, Swale

Summary

Site of St Thomas' Almshouses, Sittingbourne


Grid Reference:TQ 9048 6482
Map Sheet:TQ96SW
Parish:SITTINGBOURNE, SWALE, KENT

Monument Types

  • ALMSHOUSE (Post Medieval to Modern - 1860 AD to 1970 AD?)

Full description

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St Thomas' Almshouses in Sittingbourne were built in 1860, under a benefaction left in 1601 by Thomas Bradbury of Milton, for 7 poor widows of the parish. The buildings are shown on the 1862-75, 1897-1900, 1907-23 and 1929-52 maps. They have since been demolished. No further information is available.


Landmark, Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 1st edition 1862-1875): Landmark Epoch 1 (Map). SKE30964.

Landmark, Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 2nd Edition, 1897-1900): Landmark Epoch 2 (Map). SKE30965.

Landmark, Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 4th Edition, 1929-1952): Landmark Epoch 4 (Map). SKE30967.

Landmark, 1907-1923, Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 3rd Edition, 1907-1923): Landmark Epoch 3 (Map). SKE30966.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
---Map: Landmark. Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 1st edition 1862-1875): Landmark Epoch 1.
---Map: Landmark. Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 2nd Edition, 1897-1900): Landmark Epoch 2.
---Map: Landmark. 1907-1923. Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 3rd Edition, 1907-1923): Landmark Epoch 3.
---Map: Landmark. Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 4th Edition, 1929-1952): Landmark Epoch 4.