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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 83 NW 110 |
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| Type of record: | Building |
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| Name: | Almshouses, Sissinghurst Road, Biddenden, Ashford |
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Summary
Almshouses, Biddinden
| Grid Reference: | TQ 8461 3833 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ83NW |
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| Parish: | BIDDENDEN, ASHFORD, KENT |
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Monument Types
- WORKHOUSE (Medieval to Post Medieval - 1450 AD? to 1775 AD?)
- ALMSHOUSE (Post Medieval to Unknown - 1775 AD?)
Full description
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These cottages were originally built in the 15th century as the Oarish Poorhouse. However, in the late 18th century the were converted into Almshouses. They are shown as a Workhouse on the old Tithe map, as 2 cottages on the 1865-72, 1897-1900, 1907-23 and 1929-52 maps. On the current O/S map they are named as The Old Workhouse. No further information is available.
See also TQ 83 NW 87
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. |
