Long Alley Almshouses black plaque

Abingdon, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom

Long Alley Almshouses. The Mediaeval Fraternity of the Holy Cross was incorporated in 1441 by a Royal Charter, and built the Long Alley Almshouses in 1446/47. The Fraternity came to an end a century later as part of the Reformation but another Royal Charter of 1553, obtained largely through the infl

uence of a famous Abingdonian, Sir John Mason, created the body known as Christ's Hospital which has been responsible since then for the administration of the Almshouses. Between 1605 and 1618 the out

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