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Grayrigg Almshouses, Grayrigg
Grayrigg Almshouses
locality:-   Grayrigg
civil parish:-   Grayrigg (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   almshouse
coordinates:-   SD57769715
1Km square:-   SD5797
10Km square:-   SD59


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BSR53.jpg (taken 7.5.2010)  
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BSR55.jpg  Plaque:-
"TO THE GLORY OF GOD / AND TO THE BENEFIT OF THE POOR. / ALMSHOUSES. ERECTED AND ENDOWED / BY JOHN. RICHARD. / AND MARY ROWLANDSON./ LAT OF GILL BANK GRAYRIGG. / 1869." (taken 7.5.2010)  


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BSR54.jpg (taken 7.5.2010)  
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BSR62.jpg  Stained glass in the church:-
"... in Memory of Mary Rowlandson of Akan Kodar Sedbergh A native of this village who built and endowed the Grayrigg Almshouses ... Died October 3rd. 1892" (taken 7.5.2010)  

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