Hospital of William Browne, Merchant. Founded cicra 1483
I wished we were able to spend more time in Stamford, but we didn't even have time to see many things within Burghley House, plus we were meeting my Sheffield friend Mike for dinner. After dinner, we did explore Stamford a little more before and during the heavy downpour.
Between 1475 and 1485, local wealthy wool merchant William Browne established an almshouse (or a bedehouse or Domus Dei or "hospital") for ten poor men and two poor women to live out their old age and to pray.
More than 500 years after its founding, the Medieval building continues to house 12 residents today.
www.browneshospital.co.uk/history-and-buildings/
Broad Street, Stamford, Lincolnshire PE9
Hospital of William Browne, Merchant. Founded cicra 1483
I wished we were able to spend more time in Stamford, but we didn't even have time to see many things within Burghley House, plus we were meeting my Sheffield friend Mike for dinner. After dinner, we did explore Stamford a little more before and during the heavy downpour.
Between 1475 and 1485, local wealthy wool merchant William Browne established an almshouse (or a bedehouse or Domus Dei or "hospital") for ten poor men and two poor women to live out their old age and to pray.
More than 500 years after its founding, the Medieval building continues to house 12 residents today.
www.browneshospital.co.uk/history-and-buildings/
Broad Street, Stamford, Lincolnshire PE9