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Original Text (Annotation: EPW036847 / 609059)
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Sir Francis Crossley's Almshouses, Margaret Street. Homes for 22 people "of good charcter". Each almsman received eight shillings and sixpence (42 and a half pence) a week and almswomen received six shillings (thirty pence) a week.
The attached photo shows the almshouses in 2010.
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