Almshouses, Appleby with Mrs Beadman
Black and white photo of Mrs Beadman outside the front of the Almshouses c. 1950s?
Object Number: SJMD:2021.25
Object Title: Almshouses, Appleby with Mrs Beadman
Associations:
The Almshouses were built in 1839 following the closure of a workhouse in Measham.
They were funded by the Misses Moore, 3 daughters of Squire George Moore, born in the 1770s and remained unmarried.
Consisted of 5 cottages and gardens. Run by a charitable trust and originally let for a modest rent to poor persons of the parish who were "of good character and repair and members of the established Church".
Beadman family.
Associated era: 20th Century
