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Hosyers Almshouses bronze plaque

Commemorative plaque

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This bronze commemorative plaque records: Domum hanc Eleemosynariam Munificentia lohannis Hosyer Mreatoris Anno Salutis MCCCCLXXXVI primitus extructam, Temporis injuria labefactam dem et ruiterarn; In Dei Optimi Maximi Cloriam, Pii Fandatoris Memoriam; Et comodiorem Pauperum receptionem; Ab ipsis usque Fundamentis propriis Sumptibus Resuscitarunt, ampliarunt, ornaront. Ballivi. Burgenses, et Comunitas Villæ hujus de Ludlow. Anno Domisi MDCCLVIII, Augustissimi Regis Georgii Sesundi Tricefsimo primo
Hosyers Almshouses were originally founded in 1486 by John Hosyer to provide shelter for the poor; rebuilt and expanded in 1758 by the community of Ludlow, they continue to serve as a testament to medieval charitable institutions and local communal support.

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