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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 87 NW 1110 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Site of old poorhouse, later reused as the post office (no longer in use), Allhallows |
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Summary
This feature is recorded in the English Heritage Historic Area Assessment of Allhallows Parish. This feature comprises the site of the old poorhouse at Allhallows, later reused as the Post Office, which is no longer in use.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 8357 7751 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ87NW |
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| Parish: | ALLHALLOWS, MEDWAY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- WORKHOUSE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- POST OFFICE (Post Medieval to Modern - 1875 AD? to 2050 AD?)
Full description
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This feature is recorded in the English Heritage Historic Area Assessment for Allhallows Parish. The report states: in 1839, "the village comprised little more than a group of farmsteads, a public house, a former poorhouse, vicarage and church…in the latter part of the 19th century…the former poorhouse began functioning as a post office…The former post office…survives but have been modernised and exhibit little external evidence of their origins" (1)
<1> historic england, 2014, Hoo Peninsula Outline Historic Area Assessment: Allhallows Parish. Research Report 11-2014 (Bibliographic reference). SKE31596.
Sources and further reading
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| Source description | | <1> | Bibliographic reference: historic england. 2014. Hoo Peninsula Outline Historic Area Assessment: Allhallows Parish. Research Report 11-2014. |
