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Ford's Hospital Almshouse
Heritage Open Day: Fords Hospital was built in the early 1520s from an endowment made by the will of William Ford a wool merchant and former Mayor of Coventry who died in 1509. Originally built to accommodate six poor men and their wives and a priest who was to live in the house and use the chapel, the Almshouse survived the dissolution of the monasteries to be purchased by the City in the early 1600s.
Presently, the now re-built and modernised almshouses provides 5 large self contained apartme
Sat 10 Sep:1000-1600. Sun 11 Sep:1000-1600. Free Entry.
Greyfriars Lane, Coventry, West Midlands CV1 2GY
Sat 10 Sep 2016 and Sun 11 Sep 2016
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