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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 84 NW 273 |
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| Type of record: | Building |
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| Name: | The Lambe Almshouses. South Lane, Sutton Valence |
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Summary
The Lambe Almshouses, South Lane, Sutton Valence
| Grid Reference: | TQ 8133 4918 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ84NW |
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| Parish: | SUTTON VALENCE, MAIDSTONE, KENT |
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Monument Types
- ALMSHOUSE (Post Medieval to Modern - 1888 AD to 2025 AD?)
Full description
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Row of 6 almshouses in South Lane, Sutton Valence. The plaque in the centre below the coats of arms states that 'In 1568 William Lambe Citizen and Clothworker of london founded and erected six almshouses adjoining his Grammar School in this village. In 1888 The Worshipful Company of Clothworkers his Trustees re-erected them on this site'. The buildings are shown on the 2nd, 3rd and 4th Edition O/S maps and are still in use as shown on the current O/S map.
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) (Map). SKE30967.
Landmark, 1907-1923, Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 3rd Edition, 1907-1923) (Map). SKE30966.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | --- | 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). |
| --- | Map: Landmark. Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 4th Edition, 1929-1952). |
